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April 5, 1976

On April 5, 1976, in China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident. 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 5, 1976

  1. 1976 In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

    Country in East Asia

    China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. 4 billion, representing 17% of the world's population. 6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), making it the third-largest country by area.

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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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