Editing 1976 (section)

===February===
{{Main|February 1976}}
* [[February 4]]
** The [[1976 Winter Olympics]] begin in [[Innsbruck]], Austria.
** The 7.5 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1976 Guatemala earthquake|Guatemala earthquake]] affects [[Guatemala]] and [[Honduras]] with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), leaving 23,000 dead and 76,000 injured.
* [[February 9]] – The [[Australian Defence Force]] is formed by unification of the [[Australian Army]], the [[Royal Australian Navy]] and the [[Royal Australian Air Force]].
* [[February 13]] – General [[Murtala Mohammed]] of [[Nigeria]] is assassinated in a military coup.
* [[February 24]] – [[Cuba]]'s [[constitution]] of 1976 is enacted.
* [[February 26]] – The [[Spanish Armed Forces]] withdraw from [[Western Sahara]].
* [[February 27]] – The [[Polisario Front]], [[Western Sahara]]'s national [[liberation movement]], declares independence of the territory under the name "[[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]]".