1976 in Rhodesia
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The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Rhodesia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: John Wrathall (starting 31 December)
- Prime Minister: Ian Smith
Events
[edit]June
[edit]- 23–24 June – B.J. Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, hold talks in West Germany over the Rhodesian issue.[1]
August
[edit]- 8 August - Operation Eland, aka the Nyadzonya Raid, is launched into Mozambique by the Selous Scouts
- 11 August - Umtali came under rocket attack and mortar attack from Mozambique in retaliation for Operation Eland. Houses were damaged in Greenside and Darlington.
September
[edit]- 24 September - The Rhodesian Government accepted proposals put forward by U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger for majority rule in Rhodesia within two years.
November
[edit]- 15 November - 31 guerillas killed by Rhodesian Security Forces in a battle in the Honde Valley
December
[edit]- 6 December - A retired Catholic bishop, a Catholic priest and a Catholic nun were shot dead in a guerrilla ambush in Lupane. They were 71-year-old retired Bishop of Bulawayo, Rt. Rev. Adolph Schmitt, 65-year-old Fr Possenti Weggarten, principal of Regina Mundi Secondary School in Lupane, and Sr Maria Frances van den Berg.[2]
- 19 December - 27 male workers killed by guerillas at a tea estate in the Honde Valley.
Unknown
[edit]- Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo form the Patriotic Front
Births
[edit]- 6 July - Bobby Skinstad - former South Africa National Rugby Team captain
Deaths
[edit]- 6 December - Retired Catholic bishop of Bulawayo, Rt. Rev. Adolph Gregory Schmitt, aged 71. Shot by guerillas in Lupane
Bibliography
[edit]- (1978). "The Valiant Years." Galaxie Press, Salisbury, Rhodesia
References
[edit]- ^ Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
- ^ "Survivor Tells of Rhodesia Ambush". The New York Times. 6 December 1976. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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