1976 Calendar With Festivals !link!

The first Canada Cup tournament (a precursor to the World Cup of Hockey) took place in September 1976, acting as a massive sporting festival for hockey fans, culminating in a legendary best-on-best final.

*Approximate; actual depends on lunar sighting. 1976 calendar with festivals

The entire year was effectively a festival in the United States. Towns held parades, and tall ships from around the world sailed into New York Harbor on July 4th. It was a massive patriotic festival that spanned the summer. The first Canada Cup tournament (a precursor to

The stands out as a uniquely historic timeline. As a leap year starting on a Thursday, 1976 combined major global religious observances with a massive milestone: the United States Bicentennial . Towns held parades, and tall ships from around

| Festival | 1976 Date | |----------|------------| | Makar Sankranti | Jan 15 | | Maha Shivaratri | Feb 27 | | Holi | Mar 15 | | Ram Navami | Apr 8 | | Eid al-Fitr | Jul 3* (moon-dependent) | | Raksha Bandhan | Aug 10 | | Janmashtami | Aug 18 | | Ganesh Chaturthi | Aug 29 | | Dussehra (Vijayadashami) | Oct 3 | | Diwali (Deepavali) | Oct 22 | | Guru Nanak Jayanti | Nov 5 | | Christmas | Dec 25 |