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1996 yes August 2019 1996 1996 1996 1996 was designated as: International Year for the Eradication of Poverty 2 Events January January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people.2001-02-28 An Airplane Crash into Type-K Ndolo Market: What Lesson for the Future?" (abstract) http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/Mainzabstracts.html#airplane dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010228015010/http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/Mainzabstracts.html#airplane 2001-02-28 2023-05-01 pdm.medicine.wisc.edu January 9–20 – Fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan.Chapter Seventeen Period of President Hashimoto's Leadership Liberal Democratic Party of Japan https://www.jimin.jp/english/about-ldp/history/104301.html 2025-09-14 www.jimin.jp January 13 – Italy's prime minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February. January 19 The North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The North Cape Barge is pulled along with it and leaks 820,000 gallons of home heating oil. An Indonesian ferry sinks off the northern tip of Sumatra, drowning more than 100 people. January 20 – Yasser Arafat is re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority. January 21 – France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test. January 22 – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, resigns due to health problems; a new government is formed under Costas Simitis. January 24 – Polish premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid accusations that he spied for Moscow. He is replaced by Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz. January 27 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected President of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup. January 31 Colombo Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_4083000/4083095.stm BBC ON THIS DAY | 31 | 1996: Fifty dead in Sri Lanka suicide bombing BBC News 2000-01-31 2017-05-31 An amateur astronomer from southern Japan discovers Comet Hyakutake; it will pass very close to the Earth in March. D. W. Green Comet 1996 B2 http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/06200/06299.html Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams 6299 31 January 1996 February February 3 – The 6.6 w earthquake near Lijiang in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures 17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless. February 6 – Birgenair Flight 301, on a charter flight from the Caribbean to Germany, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 passengers and crew. February 7 – René Préval succeeds Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier, in 1804.https://books.google.com/books?id=F70CDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT168 Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti Frerichs Ralph R. Cornell University Press 2016 9781501703621 168 February 9 The element copernicium is created by fusing a 208Pb nucleus with a 70Zn nucleus, forming 278Cn. Given the placeholder name "ununbium", the element is not named until 2010. An IRA ceasefire ends with the Docklands bombing in London's Canary Wharf District, killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage. Disney formally finalizes its $19 billion acquisition of the ABC parent, Capital Cities/ABC Inc. February 10 – Bosnian Serbs break off contact with the Bosnian government and with representatives of IFOR, the NATO localised force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals. February 14 – Violent clashes erupt between Filipino soldiers and Vietnamese boat people, as the Filipino government attempts to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Vietnamese asylum seekers. February 15 The American Embassy in Athens, Greece, comes under mortar fire. Begum Khaleda Zia is re-elected as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. The country's second democratic election is marred by low voter turnout, due to several boycotts and pre-election violence, which has resulted in at least thirteen deaths. The UK government publishes the Scott Report. February 17 – The 8.2 w Biak earthquake strikes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured. February 24 – Cuban fighter jets shoot down two American aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Cuban officials assert that they invaded Cuban airspace. February 25 – Two suicide bombs in Israel kill 25 and injure 80; Hamas claims responsibility. February 27 – Pokémon Red & Green Versions release in Japan for the Game Boy. February 29 Faucett Perú Flight 251 en route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa; all 123 people on board are killed. At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kampala, Uganda. The Bosnian government declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo.Y.Z 2016-02-29 Two Decades after the End of Hell: The Siege of Sarajevo was ended on this Day (Video and Gallery) https://sarajevotimes.com/two-decades-after-the-end-of-hell-the-siege-of-sarajevo-was-ended-on-this-day-video-and-gallery/ 2025-09-11 Sarajevo Times en-US February: The Cuban government recognises the Concilio Cubano pro-democracy group.Democracy delayed: the case of Castro's Cuba Juan José López 34 March March 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to seventeen hours. March 2 – 1996 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Coalition led by John Howard defeats the Labor government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating. Howard was sworn in on March 11.http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1996 1996 Federal Election | AustralianPolitics.com australianpolitics.com February 26, 2018 September 2, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180902152116/http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1996 live March 3 – José María Aznar, leader of the Popular Party, is elected as Prime Minister of Spain, replacing Felipe González. March 3–4 – Two suicide bombs explode in Israel, killing 32 people. The Yahya Ayyash Units admit responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation. March 6 Mesut Yılmaz of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (53rd government). A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside Freetown harbour in Sierra Leone, killing at least 86 people. Chechen rebels attack the Russian government headquarters in Grozny; 70 Russian soldiers and policemen and 130 Chechen fighters are killed. March 8 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: China begins surface-to-surface missile testing and military exercises off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United States government condemns the act as provocation, and the Taiwanese government warns of retaliation. March 9 – Jorge Sampaio becomes the new Portuguese president. March 13 – Dunblane massacre: Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing sixteen infant school pupils and one teacher before committing suicide. 180px|thumb|Summit of the Peacemakers in Sharm el-Sheikh March 14 – An international peace summit is held in Egypt in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East. March 15 – Fokker, a major manufacturer of small size aircraft, goes bankrupt in Netherlands. 2021-03-15 Bankruptcy Closes Fokker -- 5,664 Employees Lose Jobs At Venerable Aircraft Maker https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960315&slug=2319031 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220313033733/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960315&slug=2319031 March 13, 2022 2021-02-05 The Seattle Times March 16 – Robert Mugabe is re-elected as President of Zimbabwe, although only 32% of the electorate actually voted. March 17 – Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by beating Australia in the final. March 18 – The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines, kills 163 people."What went before : Ozone disco is No.6 in deadliest nightclub fires https://web.archive.org/web/20130824212641/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/348777/what-went-before-ozone-disco-is-no-6-in-worlds-deadliest-nightclub-fires August 24, 2013 ." Philippine Daily Inquirer. January 29, 2013 March 22 – Sweden's Finance Minister Göran Persson becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden. March 23 – Taiwan (Republic of China) holds its first direct elections for president; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected. March 24 – The Marcopper mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place. March 25 – The 68th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Braveheart winning Best Picture. March 26 – The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform. April April 1 – The Halifax Regional Municipality encompassing the City of Halifax, the City of Dartmouth, the Town of Bedford, and the Municipality of the County of Halifax is formed in Nova Scotia, Canada.https://books.google.com/books?id=gkaRoypvCU8C&q=halifax+regional+municipality+april+1+1996 Local Government in Canada 978-0-17-616791-2 Tindal C. R. Nobes Tindal S. 2000 Nelson Thomson Learning April 3 A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia. All 35 people on board are killed, including United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.Kempster Norman Risen James 1996-04-04 Ron Brown Feared Dead in Crash https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-04-mn-54873-story.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230606201244/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-04-mn-54873-story.html June 6, 2023 2024-08-18 Los Angeles Times en-US Burundian Civil War: massacres of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place with more than 450 killed within a few days. April 6 First Liberian Civil War: fighting breaks out in Monrovia, Liberia, between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation. Turkish authorities begin Operation Hawk, a military offensive against rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party in south-east Turkey. April 9 – In a common statement, the European Union officially recognises the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. April 11 – The Israeli government launches Operation Grapes of Wrath, consisting of massive attacks on Lebanon, in retaliation for "terrorist attacks", and sparking off a violent series of retaliations. April 18 – Qana massacre: Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed after Israel shells the United Nations compound in Qana.http://hrw.org/reports/1997/isrleb/Isrleb.htm ISRAEL/LEBANON:"OPERATION GRAPES OF WRATH":The Civilian Victims July 31, 2006 September 1997 Human Rights Watch dead https://archive.today/20010121131000/http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0796/9607019.htm January 21, 2001 April 21 A general election in Italy proclaims a new center-left government headed by Romano Prodi, replacing Silvio Berlusconi. Four people are killed and 75 are injured in a train accident in Jokela, Finland. A1/1996R Train accident at Jokela, on April 21, 1996 Accident Investigation Board of Finland https://turvallisuustutkinta.fi/en/index/tutkintaselostukset/railroad/tutkintaselostuksetvuosittain/raideliikenne1996/a11996rjunaonnettomuusjokelassa21.4.1996.html 18 April 2026 Finnish, English April 24 – At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause in Palestinian National Covenant calling for the removal of Israel (→ Legitimacy of the State of Israel). The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine. April 26 – Shanghai Five group, predecessor of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, is created with the signing of the Treaty on Deepening Military Trust in Border Regions in Shanghai by the heads of states of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.The Shanghai Cooperation Organization June 12, 2006 https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/shanghai-cooperation-organization 15 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032848/https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/shanghai-cooperation-organization 16 October 2018 live April 28 Port Arthur massacre (Australia): Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur tourist site in Tasmania. Bhai Pheru bus bombing: A bomb explodes in Bhai Pheru, Punjab, Pakistan, killing more than 60 people.WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;Pakistan Premier Blames 'Foreigners' for Bombing The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/30/world/world-news-briefs-pakistan-premier-blames-foreigners-for-bombing.html 26 January 2022 New York times 30 April 1996 May May – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents. May 9 South Africa's National Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the African National Congress assumes full political control. Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75% of the vote. May 10 1996 Everest disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving eight people dead. By the end of the month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date. The Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both automatic and semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Port Arthur massacre. The Internet Archive is founded. May 11 – After takeoff from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board. May 13 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. May 17–28 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is elected as Prime Minister of India, replacing P. V. Narasimha Rao of the Indian National Congress. However, the party does not receive an overall majority and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence vote and is replaced by the United Front leader, Deve Gowda. May 18 – The X Prize Foundation launches the $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize. May 21 The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 people in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/21-years-on-mv-bukoba-is-still-remembered-2589486 21 years on, MV Bukoba is still remembered May 21, 2017 The Citizen July 18, 2024 Seven Trappist monks from the monastery of Thibirine are killed by members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.Whitney Craig R. 7 French Monks Reported Killed By Islamic Militants in Algeria https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/24/world/7-french-monks-reported-killed-by-islamic-militants-in-algeria.html The New York Times 12 January 2024 24 May 1996http://www.france24.com/en/20090706-algerian-army-accused-french-monk-massacre Algerian army accused in massacre of French monks France 24 7 July 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090707230903/http://www.france24.com/en/20090706-algerian-army-accused-french-monk-massacre 7 July 2009 May 27 – First Chechnya War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a ceasefire for the dispute. May 28 – Albania's general election of May 26 is declared unfair by international monitors, and the ruling Democratic Party under President Muhannad Ibrahim is charged by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with rigging the elections. Several hundred protestors gather in Tirana to demonstrate against the election result. May 30 – The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election. June June – Iraq disarmament crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the United States fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council. June 1–3 – The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent Civic Democratic Party emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President Václav Havel refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition. June 2 – Former Family Feud host Ray Combs dies. June 4 – The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds in its maiden flight, after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years. June 6 – Leighton W. Smith, Jr. resigns as NATO commander in the face of increasing criticism. June 8–30 – England hosts the UEFA Euro 1996 football tournament, which is won by Germany. June 11 An explosion in a São Paulo suburban shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100. A peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed. June 12 – 1996 Bangladeshi general election was held after mass protests erupt in the country results in resignation of Incumbent Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and dissolution of Parliament that was created three month earlier. June 15 – In Manchester, UK, an IRA bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre. June 28 A new government is formed in Turkey, with Necmettin Erbakan of Refah Partisi becoming Prime Minister of the coalition government, and Deputy/Foreign Minister Tansu Çiller of the True Path Party succeeding him after two years. The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law. June 29 The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989. An explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 52 people and injures 83 others. June 30 Costas Simitis is elected president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece. Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić relinquishes power to his deputy, Biljana Plavšić. July July Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport but is blocked by Iraqi officials. The Indian government officially renames the city of Madras, restoring the name Chennai.https://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-17-1996-madras-came-to-be-known-as-chennai July 17 1996 – Madras to be known as Chennai www.mapsofindia.com July 17, 2013 2017-07-26 July 17, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210717002209/https://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-17-1996-madras-came-to-be-known-as-chennai live July 1 The Northern Territory in Australia legalises voluntary euthanasia. German orthography reform of 1996 agreed internationally. July 3 – Boris Yeltsin is re-elected as President of Russia after the second round of elections. July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK. July 11 – Arrest warrants are issued for Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by the Russell Tribunal in The Hague. July 12 – Hurricane Bertha: made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2 storm, causing $270 million in damage ($US 270000000 1996 in present-day termsUS) to the United States and its possessions and many indirect deaths. July 16 – An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Japan results in 6,000 children being ill, including two deaths, after a group of school children eat contaminated lunches. July 17 The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is constituted. Paris- and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 people on board. July 19 The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, begin. Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić resigns from public office in Republika Srpska after being indicted for war crimes. July 21 – The Saguenay Flood, one of Canada's most costly natural disasters, is caused by flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec. July 22 – The first Gethsemani Encounter takes place at the abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani. This event, hosted by the DIMMID, is the first intermonastic dialogue between Buddhist and Christian monks and is attended by the Dalai Lama and Bishop Joseph John Gerry.Borelli John In Memoriam: Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1928-2023) Dilatato Corde 2023 XIII 2 July - December https://dimmid.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7b7F171057-4EB9-487F-9E54-5DC835955930%7d 6 February 2024 DIMMIDFischer Norman On Conferences: The Second Gethsemani Encounter https://tricycle.org/magazine/conferences-second-gethsemani-encounter/ Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Tricycle 6 February 2024 en Fall 2002 July 24 – The Dehiwala train bombing kills 56 commuters outside Colombo. July 25 – The Tutsi-led Burundian army performs a coup and reinstalls previous president Pierre Buyoya, ousting current president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. July 27 – The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the United States kills one person and injures 111.Eric Rudolph Lays Out the Arguments that Fueled His Two-Year Bomb Attacks Doug Gross Associated Press San Diego Union-Tribune April 14, 2005 http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation/20050414-0149-ericrudolph.html March 27, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20180902211443/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation/20050414-0149-ericrudolph.html September 2, 2018 dead August thumb|The electron microscope reveals chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001. August The first three-parent baby is conceived in New Jersey through mitochondrial donation.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/magazine/the-brave-new-world-of-three-parent-ivf.html The Brave New World of Three-Parent I.V.F. Kim Tingley The New York Times June 27, 2014 March 1, 2017 May 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160520131825/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/magazine/the-brave-new-world-of-three-parent-ivf.html live The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York City. August 1 Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines. A pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is broken up by riot police. August 4 – The 1996 Summer Olympics conclude. August 6 – NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms; further tests are inconclusive. August 7 – Heavy rains kill more than 80 campers near Huesca, Spain.Official Journal of the European Communities: Debates of the European Parliament Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 1996 278–279 August 9 – Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia. August 13 – Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on one of Jupiter's moons. August 14 – A rocket ignited during a fireworks display in Arequipa, Peru knocks down a high-tension power cable into a dense crowd, electrocuting 35 people. August 15 – Bob Dole is nominated for President of the United States, and Jack Kemp for vice president, at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California. August 16 – Brookfield Zoo, Chicago. After a 3-year-old boy falls into the 20 ft m on deep gorilla enclosure, Binti Jua, a female lowland gorilla sits with the injured boy until his rescue. August 21 Former State President of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, makes an official apology for crimes committed under Apartheid to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town. In the UK, Queen Elizabeth II issues letters patent on divorced former wives of British princes, taking away from the ex-wives the attribute and style of Royal Highness. With that Sarah, Duchess of York as well as Diana, Princess of Wales legally cease to be Royals, but they remain as non-royal Duchess and Princess. August 23 – Osama bin Laden writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," a call for the removal of American military forces from Saudi Arabia. August 26 – David Dellinger, Bradford Lyttle, and nine others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention. The Federal Protective Service arrested 11 protesters Wednesday in... United Press International August 28, 1996 https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/08/28/The-Federal-Protective-Service-arrested-11-protesters-Wednesday-in/9884841204800/ November 19, 2022 August 28 – Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of Justice in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled Diana, Princess of Wales, due to the Queen's letters patent issued a week earlier. August 29 U.S. president Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are re-nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner crashes into a mountain as it approaches the airport at Spitsbergen, Norway, killing all 141 people on board. August 31 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern No-Fly Zone and capture Arbil. September thumb|right|The first flag of Afghanistan under the Taliban control until 1997 September 2 – A permanent peace agreement is signed at Malacañang Palace between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front. September 3 – The United States launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil. September 4 – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians. September 5 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph on sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damages ($US 3000000000 1996 in present-day termsUS) and killed 27 people, mainly in North Carolina. The name "Fran" was retired due to the extensive damage. September 10 – Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) signed (it will be ratified 180 days after ratification by 44 Annex 2 countries). September 13 – Alija Izetbegović is elected President of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the country's first election since the Bosnian War. September 20 – Leader of Pakistani opposition party Pakistan Peoples Party Murtaza Bhutto is killed during a gunfight with police. September 22 – The Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of Costas Simitis succeeds in the 1996 Greek legislative election. September 24 – U.S. president Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. September 27 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. October October 2 – Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 people on board. October 6 – The government of New Zealand agrees to pay $130 million worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Māori population between the years of 1844 and 1864. October 22 – A fire at La Planta prison in southwest Caracas, Venezuela, kills thirty prisoners. October 31 – TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into a densely populated area of São Paulo, killing all 96 people on board. November November – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country. November 5 – 1996 United States presidential election: Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeats his Republican challenger, Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot. November 7 A category 4 cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India, killing at least 1,000 people. NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. November 8 – All 144 people on board a Nigerian-owned Boeing 727 die after the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching Lagos airport. November 12 – Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 collides in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Il-76 in New Delhi, India, resulting in the loss of 349 lives. November 17 A bomb explodes in Kaspiysk, Russia, killing 32 people. Emil Constantinescu is elected as President of Romania. November 18 – Frederick Chiluba is re-elected as President of Zambia. November 19 Martin Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 1,035 years without parole for murdering 35 people in a shooting spree in Tasmania earlier this year. Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) established. STS-80: Space Shuttle Columbia conducts the longest mission of the Space Shuttle program. November 20 – The 1996 Garley Building fire occurred in Hong Kong, resulting in 41 deaths and 81 injuries. November 21 – A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33 people. November 23 The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization as Angola. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125. November 25 – An ice storm strikes the U.S. killing 26 directly and hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida with winds gusts up to 90 mph. December December 9 – Jerry Rawlings is re-elected as President of Ghana. December 11 – Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, at the end of a 99-year lease to the United Kingdom. December 13 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. December 17 – The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru. December 25 – At least 283 migrants drown in the sinking of F174 near Capo Passero (Sicily). December 27 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Air Base, solidifying their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan. December 29 – Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord that ends the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War. December 30 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26. 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singer-songwriter Guglielmo Vicario, Italian footballer https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2023/june/vicario-joins-from-empoli/ Vicario joins from Empoli Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 27 June 2023 2 January 2025 October 8 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper October 9 Jacob Batalon, American-Filipino actor Bella Hadid, American model October 10 – Oscar Zia, Swedish singer and songwriter October 12 – Vitória Strada, Brazilian actressVitória Strada Age, Biography, Boyfriend, Birthday, Networth https://egirlclothes.com/vitoria-strada-age-biography-boyfriend-birthday-networth-wiki-bio/ egirlclothes.com October 5, 2023 January 25, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230125171645/https://egirlclothes.com/vitoria-strada-age-biography-boyfriend-birthday-networth-wiki-bio/ usurped October 13 Joshua Wong, Hong Kong student activist and politicianSibree Bron In Unfree Speech, Joshua Wong writes, 'our struggle is your struggle' https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3047910/unfree-speech-joshua-wong-writes-our-struggle-your 24 May 2020 South China Morning Post 29 January 2020 en June 12, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200612081231/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3047910/unfree-speech-joshua-wong-writes-our-struggle-your live Đỗ Mỹ Linh, Vietnamese modelĐỗ Mỹ Linh thắng giải Hoa hậu nhân ái ở Miss World 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135735/https://zingnews.vn/do-my-linh-thang-giai-hoa-hau-nhan-ai-o-miss-world-2017-post797134.html October 11, 2023 , Nov 18, 2017 October 17 – Cansu Özbay, Turkish volleyball playerCansu Özbay Vakıfbank'ta https://www.ntvspor.net/voleybol/cansu-ozbay-vakifbankta-579dcb70c873cc40a464926f ntvspor.net July 13, 2016 October 5, 2023 March 11, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230311220802/https://www.ntvspor.net/voleybol/cansu-ozbay-vakifbankta-579dcb70c873cc40a464926f live October 20 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player Chance Perdomo, American actor Cordero Rosy Chance Perdomo Dies: 'Gen V' Star Was 27 Years Old https://deadline.com/2024/03/chance-perdomo-dead-1235872414/ Deadline 30 March 2024 2 January 2025 30 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240330221756/https://deadline.com/2024/03/chance-perdomo-dead-1235872414/ live (d. 2024) October 24 Jaylen Brown, American basketball player Kyla Ross, American gymnast October 25 – Marileidy Paulino, Dominican sprinter https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/paulino-400m-gold-record_sto20027781/story.shtml Paris 2024: Marileidy Paulino Sets Olympic Record In Storming 400m Win, Team GB'S Amber Anning Finishes Fifth Alex Livie EuroSport 9 August 2024 2 January 2025 October 27 – Samantha Logan, American actress https://www.tvinsider.com/725487/all-american-olivia-spencer-layla-samantha-logan/ 'All American' Star Samantha Logan on Olivia's Secret & 'Steamy' Love Triangle Jim Halterman TV Insider October 24, 2018 October 28 Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player 'Next to none:' Jack Eichel quiets critics with postseason run https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/goldenknights/next-to-none-jack-eichel-quiets-critics-with-postseason-run-2794173 Gotz Ben Las Vegas Review-Journal January 2, 2025 June 14, 2023 October 30 – Devin Booker, American basketball player November thumb|100px|Lil Peep thumb|100px|Lorde thumb|100px|Hailey Bieber November 1 Lil Peep, American rapper (d. 2017) Daniela Melchior, Portuguese actresshttps://observador.pt/2021/11/04/daniela-melchior-sofreu-um-colapso-nervoso-durante-as-gravacoes-de-suicide-squad/ Daniela Melchior anuncia participação em novos filmes após ter sofrido uma colite nervosa em vésperas das gravações de Suicide Squad September 30, 2022 November 9, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211109093629/https://observador.pt/2021/11/04/daniela-melchior-sofreu-um-colapso-nervoso-durante-as-gravacoes-de-suicide-squad/ live Jeongyeon, South Korean singer November 4 – Fivel Stewart, American actress https://deadline.com/2023/05/fivel-stewart-joins-bellmount-action-thriller-warhorse-one-sets-release-1235357352/ Fivel Stewart Joins 'Bellmount' Action Thriller; Well Go USA Acquires Johnny Strong's Military Action Thriller 'Warhorse One'; 'Dotty & Soul' Gets New Clip – Film Briefs Matt Grobar January 2, 2025 November 7 – Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter November 9 Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Vietnamese swimmer Momo Hirai, Japanese singer and dancer November 11 – Robin Le Normand, Spanish footballer Agreement with Real Sociedad for the transfer of Robin Le Normand https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/noticias/agreement-with-real-sociedad-for-the-transfer-of-robin-le-normand 2 January 2025 Atlético Madrid 27 July 2024 November 14 – Mason Gooding, American actorhttps://variety.com/2024/film/columns/mason-gooding-scream-7-returning-cast-1236250911/ Mason Gooding to Return for 'Scream 7' (EXCLUSIVE) Variety Marc Malkin Katcy Stephan December 16, 2024 January 2, 2025 December 17, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241217030618/https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/mason-gooding-scream-7-returning-cast-1236250911/ live November 15 – Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer 18 July 2023 FC Bayern sign Minjae Kim https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/07/fc-bayern-sign-minjae-kim-from-napoli 2 January 2025 FC Bayern München November 16 – Jan Zieliński, Polish tennis playerJan Zielinski https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z423/overview atptour.com October 5, 2023 October 11, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011134743/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z423/overview live November 17 – Ruth Jebet, Bahraini long-distance runner November 18 Akram Afif, Qatari footballer Sorn, South Korean-based singer November 19 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Belarusian sprinterKrystsina TSIMANOUSKAYA https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/belarus/krystsina-tsimanouskaya-14571586 worldathletics.org World Athletics Federation October 5, 2023 October 11, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135247/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/belarus/krystsina-tsimanouskaya-14571586 live Fred Warner American football linebacker https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-fred-warner-franchise-history-pick-6 49ers' Fred Warner makes franchise history with pick-6 vs. Patriots Finnegan Troy ClutchPoints September 29, 2024 January 2, 2025 November 20 – Denis Zakaria, Swiss footballer November 21 – Gina Lückenkemper, German sprinterGina LÜCKENKEMPER https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14450088 worldathletics.org October 5, 2023 October 11, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011140548/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14450088 live November 22 – Hailey Bieber, American model and socialite November 26 – Louane Emera, French singer and actresshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wYe7CvpA3o&t=11s Louane : de sa passion pour Hannah Montana à son feat le plus fun l Trou Story l Konbini Youtube November 21, 2020 fr November 29 – Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer December thumb|100px|Raphinha thumb|100px|Hailee Steinfeld thumb|100px|Kaitlyn Dever December 3 – Tigst Assefa, Ethiopian long-distance runner 2024-08-11 Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-marathon-women-1111dfc094501fec1d1bbbedce196e46 2025-01-02 AP News en December 4 Daria Svatkovskaya, former Russian artistic gymnast Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (d. 2025)Liverpool FC seal signing of Diogo Jota on long-term deal 19 September 2020 https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/409171-liverpool-fc-seal-signing-of-diogo-jota-on-long-term-deal 2 January 2025 Liverpool F.C. December 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer December 7 – Gabrielle Thomas, American sprinterGabby Thomas https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147109 Olympedia October 5, 2023 February 6, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230206033259/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147109 live December 10 Kang Daniel, South Korean singer Ayano Sato, Japanese speed skaterAyano Sato https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137491 Olympedia October 5, 2023 October 11, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135234/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137491 live Jonas Vingegaard, Danish cyclistJonas Vingegaard Rasmussen http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=115868 cyclingarchives.com Cycling Archives October 5, 2023 March 12, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230312055630/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=115868 usurped December 11 – Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, model and singer December 12 – Lucas Hedges, American actor https://www.thewrap.com/lucas-hedges-jon-bernthal-to-star-in-bj-novak-anthology-pilot-at-fx/ Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal to Star in BJ Novak Anthology Pilot at FX TheWrap Reid Nakamura July 29, 2019 January 2, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20190730154345/https://www.thewrap.com/lucas-hedges-jon-bernthal-to-star-in-bj-novak-anthology-pilot-at-fx/ July 30, 2019 live December 14 Raphinha, Brazilian footballer 13 July 2022 Agreement in principle to sign Raphinha https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2676187/agreement-in-principle-to-sign-raphinha 2 January 2025 www.fcbarcelona.com Barbie Ferreira, American actress and model Rubin Rebecca 2022-08-29 'Euphoria' Actor Barbie Ferreira Joins Ariana DeBose in Psychological Thriller 'House of Spoils' at Prime Video https://variety.com/2022/film/news/euphoria-barbie-ferreira-house-of-spoils-1235353405/ 2025-01-02 Variety en-US August 30, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220830103359/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/euphoria-barbie-ferreira-house-of-spoils-1235353405/ live December 15 – Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer December 16 – Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer December 17 – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater December 19 – Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer December 21 – Kaitlyn Dever, American actress December 28 Alfred Kipketer, Kenyan middle-distance runner Nicola Olyslagers, Australian high jumper https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/nicola-mcdermott-14455361 Nicola OLYSLAGERS | Profile | World Athletics worldathletics.org December 29 Dylan Minnette, American actor, singer and musician Sana, Japanese singer Deaths Deaths in 1996 Nobel Prizes right|120px Physics – David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson Chemistry – Robert Curl, Sir Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley Medicine – Peter C. Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel Literature – Wisława Szymborska Peace – Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos-Horta Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – James Mirrlees, William Vickrey References External links 1996 Year in Review – CNN 1990s Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar