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1976May, 21

The Yuba City bus disaster occurs in Martinez, California. Twenty-nine are killed making it the deadliest road accident in U.S. history.

The Yuba City bus disaster occurred on May 21, 1976 in Martinez, California. A chartered school bus transporting 52 passengers on an elevated offramp left the roadway, landing on its roof. Of the 52 passengers (not including the driver), 28 students and an adult adviser were killed in the crash.As of 2019, the incident remains the second-worst bus disaster in U.S. history and the deadliest to involve a school bus (in any usage). It also remains the deadliest highway disaster ever investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) since its creation.

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Events on 1976

  • 5Jan

    Democratic Kampuchea

    The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
  • 13Apr

    Thomas Jefferson

    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.
  • 8May

    Six Flags Magic Mountain

    The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • 11Oct

    Gerald R. Ford

    George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
  • 13Oct

    Ebola

    The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.