Rethinking the Angolan Crisis and the Portuguese Revolution, 1974 – 1976, Itinerario: European Journal of Overseas History, 26 / 2, 2000, pp. 22 – 44

* 1888 – Hans Richter, Swiss painter, filmmaker, and graphic artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress

* 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, and actor

* 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player

* 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bassist ( Sigur Rós )

* 1976 – Markku Lappalainen, American bass player ( Hoobastank )

* 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese writer

* 1898 – Lily Pons, American soprano ( d. 1976 )

* 1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player

* 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn )

* 1890 – Man Ray, American photographer and artist ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress

* 1976 – Milano Collection A. T., Japanese wrestler

* 1976 – Carlos Moyà, Spanish tennis player

* 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver

* 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

* 1893 – Wright Patman, American politician ( d. 1976 )

* 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

* 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress

* 1976 – Aled Jones, Welsh radio host and producer

East St. Louis, sitting across the Mississippi River from the more prosperous St. Louis, Missouri, had entire neighborhoods burned out in 1976 during a massive urban fire.

Brando failed to capitalize on the momentum of his revitalized career, taking a long hiatus before appearing in The Missouri Breaks ( 1976 ), a box office bomb.

He and Ginny crisscrossed the country helping to reorganize blood donation in the United States, and he was the guest of honor at the Worldcon for the third time at MidAmeriCon in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1976.

* The Missouri Breaks ( 1976 )

The Texas and Pacific was merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1976.

In 1976 the school of journalism at the University of Missouri wrote a book of photo essays on the history and the diminishing population of the town titled Lupus: portrait of a Missouri river town.

During the summer of 1976, she repeated the title role in Mame at The Muny, St. Louis, Missouri.

Some planned capitals include Abuja, Nigeria ( 1991 ); Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil ( 1855 ); Ankara, Turkey ( 1923 ); Austin, Texas ( 1839 ); Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil ( 1897 ); Dhaka, Bangladesh ( 1971 ); Brasília, Brazil ( 1960 ); Canberra, Australia ( 1927 ); Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil ( 1933 ); Islamabad, Pakistan ( 1960 ); Frankfort, Kentucky ( 1792 ); Jefferson City, Missouri ( 1821 ); Jhongsing New Village, Taiwan, Republic of China ( 1955 ); New Delhi, India ( 1911 ); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ( 1889 ); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ( 1857 ); Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil ( 1989 ); Quezon City, Philippines ( 1948 – 1976 ); Raleigh, North Carolina, USA ( 1792 ); Washington D. C., USA ( 1800 ); and Wellington, New Zealand ( 1865 ).

He served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri in 1957 and at the University of Arkansas from 1958 to 1976.

Representative Jerry Litton, also of Missouri, died in a plane crash in 1976 on the day he was nominated by his party.

Wright continued to serve in the House and was elected House Majority Leader by one vote in December 1976, defeating Richard Bolling of Missouri and Phillip Burton of California.

* Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth ( 1976 ).

She graduated from Jackson High School in Jackson, Missouri, in 1970, then received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics from Southeast Missouri State University in 1974, and a Master of Science degree and a Doctorate in physics from the University of Missouri in 1976 and 1980.

Arrow Dynamics built one of its signature corkscrew roller coasters, named Screamroller, at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri in 1976.

He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976.

He also lost his own race for delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, to a slate backing future U. S. President Ronald W. Reagan, Ford's rival for the party nomination.

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Piraro was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1976.

In 1976, citing the unconstitutional nature of Boggs ' directive, Missouri Governor Kit Bond formally rescinded it.

The 1976 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States met at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, from August 16 to August 19, 1976.