The following events occurred in December 1976:
December 4, 1976: "Central African Empire" proclaimed by "Emperor Bokassa the First"
December 24, 1976: Takeo Fukuda selected as new Prime Minister of Japan
December 21, 1976: Oil tanker Argo Merchant spills its contents onto U.S. state of Rhode Island
December 15, 1976: West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt narrowly re-elected by parliament
The following events occurred in January 1976:
January 21, 1976: Air France begins commercial service of the supersonic Concorde with flight from Paris to Rio de Janeiro...
January 8, 1976: China's Premier, Zhou Enlai, died after 26 years in office
...British Airways Concorde takes off at the same time from London to fly to Dubai
Dame Agatha Christie in 1964