The 1976 definition of the astronomical unit was incomplete, in particular because it does not specify the frame of reference in which time is to be measured, but proved practical for the calculation of ephemerides: a fuller definition that is consistent with general relativity was proposed, and " vigorous debate " ensued until in August 2012 the International Astronomical Union adopted the current definition of 1 astronomical unit = 149597870700 meters.

*< cite id = refIAU1976 > IAU resolutions ( 1976 ): Resolutions adopted by the IAU in 1976 at Grenoble .</ cite >

* 1976 – The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.

The metric definition of exactly cubic decimetres ( also after the litre was redefined in 1964, ≈ ) was adopted shortly afterwards in Canada, but from 1976 the conventional value of was used in the United Kingdom until the Canadian convention was adopted in 1985.

Another popular Satanic horror movie was The Omen ( 1976 ), where a man realizes that his five-year-old adopted son is the Antichrist.

In December 1976, Albania adopted its second Stalinist constitution of the postwar era.

Between 1976 and 1988, New Caledonia adopted five different statutes, with each proving to be a source of discontent and, at times, serious disorder, culminating in 1988 with a bloody hostage taking in Ouvéa.

Others of a comparatively traditional rock ' n ' roll bent were also swept up by the movement: The Vibrators, formed as a pub rock – style act in February 1976, soon adopted a punk look and sound.

However, the ISU adopted the short track speed skating branch, with mass-start races on shorter tracks, in 1967, arranged international competitions from 1976, and brought them back to the Olympics in 1992.

A definition of a terrestrial time standard was adopted by the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) in 1976 at its XVI General Assembly, and later named Terrestrial Dynamical Time ( TDT ).

In 1966 the General Assembly adopted the two detailed Covenants, which complete the International Bill of Human Rights ; and in 1976, after the Covenants had been ratified by a sufficient number of individual nations, the Bill took on the force of international law.

* February 15 – The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.

In 1967, the International Skating Union adopted short track speed skating, although it did not organize international competitions until 1976.

Callaghan himself had adopted policies echoing monetarism while serving as prime minister from 1976 to 1979, adopting deflationary policies and reducing public spending in response to high inflation and national debt.

Article # 88 ( h ) of the Constitution of Cuba, adopted in 1976, provides for citizen proposals of law, prerequisite that the proposal be made by at least 10 000 citizens who are eligible to vote.

Aruba's national flag ( 23px ) was adopted on March 18, 1976.

*** Adopted daughter: Abir Muhaisen, ( born 1972, adopted 1976 ).

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( ICCPR ) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, and in force from March 23, 1976.

The current government structure consisting of a mayor, a city council and a city administrator, was adopted in 1976.

The City of Creve Coeur ’ s Charter was adopted in 1976, providing for a Council-City Administrator form of government.

In 1973, Upper St. Clair Township adopted a home rule charter that took effect on January 5, 1976, and is no longer governed by the Pennsylvania Township Code.

The township adopted a home rule charter in May 1974, effective January 5, 1976, retaining " Township of Ferguson " as its official name.

* The city in the 1976 film Logan's Run is entirely self-contained for all resources, except power, which is said to be supplied by water moved by the tides.

Herald photographer Stanley Forman received two Pulitzer Prizes consecutively in 1976 and 1977, the first being a dramatic shot of a young child falling in mid-air from her mother's arms on the upper stories of a burning apartment building to the waiting arms of firefighters below, and the latter ( known as " The soiling of Old Glory ") being of Ted Landsmark, an African American city official, being beaten with an American flag during Boston's school busing crisis.

In fall 1976, however, amid the turmoil of New York City's dire fiscal crisis, the free tuition policy was discontinued under pressure from the federal government, the financial community that had a role in rescuing the city from bankruptcy, and New York State, which would take over the funding of CUNY's senior colleges.

The city of La Cañada Flintridge, California was incorporated in 1976, well after JPL attained international recognition with a Pasadena address.

Zmiiv, a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, was named Gotvald after him during the years 1976 to 1990.

Major League Baseball returned to the city in 1969 with the Royals, who have proven stable and became the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs, in 1976, the World Series, in 1980 and to win the World Series, in 1985 against the state-rival St. Louis Cardinals in the " Show-Me Series.

* In the United Kingdom, the term was used until 1974 in England and Wales, and until 1975 in Scotland and 1976 in Northern Ireland, " both for a city or town which is organized for self-government under a municipal corporation, and also for the governing body itself.

* 1976 – A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.

The nationalist movement in Quebec, particularly after the election of the Parti Québécois in 1976, contributed to driving many businesses and English-speaking people out of Quebec to Ontario, and as a result Toronto surpassed Montreal as the largest city and economic centre of Canada.

Richard Joseph Daley ( May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976 ) served for 21 years as the mayor and undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago and is considered by historians to be the " last of the big city bosses.

" Bonzo's Montreux " by Led Zeppelin is named after the city where the drums session of John Bonham was recorded in 1976.

The city was attacked in 1976 by the Polisario Front, as part of the Western Sahara independence movement.

Furthermore, dioxin accumulates over the years: so far at least 9 kilos of dioxin have been discharged into Taranto's air by its factories, i. e. three times the quantity discharged in the Seveso disaster ( the one in 1976 where the Italian city Seveso was contaminated by dioxin ).

Ugandas relations with Israel remain uneasily strained due to the 1976 capturing of a French airliner hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Organization in an airport in the now-famous city.

The kings of Porto-Novo continued to rule in the city, both officially and unofficially, until the death of the last king, Alohinto Gbeffa, in 1976.

Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster ( 1976 – 1999 ) was born in the city in 1923.

The current ( 2009 ) Bibb sheriff is Jerry Modena. On July 31, 2012, voters in Macon ( 57. 8 percent approval ) and Bibb County ( 56. 7 percent approval ) passed a referendum to merge the governments of the city of Macon and most of unincorporated Bibb County, based on the authorization of House Bill 1171, passed by the Georgia General Assembly earlier in the year ; four previous consolidation attempts ( in 1933, 1960, 1972, and 1976 ) had failed.

In 1976, Alaskans elected to move the state capital from Juneau to Willow in an effort to improve access for Alaskans while keeping the capital out of Anchorage, the largest city.

Later it was used as the first police station, and as a Jaycees clubhouse ; it was moved to the city dump in 1976, where it was used as a fire department training site for smoke drills.

The city was flooded by the waters of the Teton Dam collapse on June 5, 1976.

Constructed directly over Interstate 195, where its predecessor was, the new city hall was opened in 1976, after years of construction delays and quality control problems.

Included in the archives are original Sentinel newspapers from 1838 to 1976, city directories, photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts, family genealogies, postcards, files on industries in the City, and books and pamphlets on Fitchburg ’ s history from the 1700s to the present.

In 1976, the National Register of Historic Places declared part of the city the Farmington Historic District.

Almere is the youngest city in the Netherlands: the first house was finished in 1976, and Almere became a municipality in 1984.

The first mosque of the Netherlands was built in Almelo in 1976 for the Turkish population of the city.