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April 13, 1976

On April 13, 1976, the United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration. The year's #1 song was "Silly Love Songs" by Wings. Hazem El Masri, David Gilliland, Gábor Király would arrive in the same year.

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1976

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1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1976th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 976th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1970s decade.

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On April 13, 1976

  1. 1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

    United States federal executive department

    The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. S. government departments.

  2. 1976 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

    1976 explosion at a munitions factory in Finland

    The Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion was an industrial disaster that occurred at the State Cartridge Factory in Lapua, Finland on 13 April 1976. It caused the deaths of 40 workers, while 60 people were injured. It remains Finland's worst industrial disaster.

Arrivals

Born on April 13, 1976

Jonathan Brandis 1976– American actor (1976–2003)
Dan Campbell 1976– American football player and coach (born 1976)
Glenn Howerton 1976– American actor and producer (born 1976)

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The class of 1976

Others born in 1976

Hazem El Masri 1976– Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
David Gilliland 1976– American race car driver
Gábor Király 1976– Hungarian footballer
David Oyelowo 1976– English actor
Clarence Seedorf 1976– Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
Yuka Yoshida 1976– Japanese tennis player

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