Miloš Jakeš and the entire Politburo of the Czechoslovak Communist Party resign from office. This brings an effective end to Communist rule in Czechoslovakia.

1976

Disaster

Hibiscus Rising

Five days after the general elections which resulted in a hung parliament

A terrorist attack on a Mosque in Al-Rawda

The government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People's Army sign a revised peace deal, bringing an end to the country's more than 50-year-long civil war.

A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.

A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish

An explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guard personnel in Tunisia's capital Tunis leaves at least 14 people dead.

Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5+1 countries

A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka

The Avdhela Project

Crossair Flight 3597 crashes in Bassersdorf near Zurich Airport

China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin

Space Shuttle program

After a week of mass protests against the Communist regime known as the Velvet Revolution

The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.