1996 in Portugal

none 1996 Events in the year 1996 in Portugal. Incumbents President: Mário Soares (until 9 March); Jorge Sampaio (from 9 March) Prime Minister: António Guterres (Socialist) Events January to June 6 January – Two children aged 9 and 11 are killed after a three-story building collapses in Lisbon following weeks of heavy rain. Occupied by approximately 600 unauthorised squatters, the building was one of many older structures in the capital to be progressively weakened and fail from the ongoing inclement weather.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/06/Kids-killed-in-Lisbon-building-collapse/8222820904400/ Kids killed in Lisbon building collapse United Press International 6 January 1996 22 March 2022 14 January – Presidential election: Jorge Sampaio of the Socialist Party is elected President of Portugal with 53.8% of the vote, defeating the Social Democratic candidate and former Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Following the Socialist Party's success in the parliamentary elections in 1995, Sampaio's victory marks the first time since the Carnation Revolution in 1974 that voters have elected both a President and a Prime Minister from the same political party.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/15/world/world-news-briefs-socialist-wins-portugal-s-presidency.html WORLD NEWS BRIEFS; Socialist Wins Portugal's Presidency The New York Times Reuters 15 January 1996 19 March 2022 24 January – Two Portuguese soldiers are killed alongside an Italian soldier after an accidental bomb explosion occurs at a barracks in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Despite the deaths, which come as part of NATO peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia, both President Mario Soares and Prime Minister António Guterres re-iterate Portugal's involvement in the region.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/25/Portugal-sticks-to-Bosnia-policy/4752822546000/ Portugal sticks to Bosnia policy United Press International 25 January 1996 24 October 2021 9 March – Jorge Sampaio is sworn in as the new President of Portugal in a ceremony held in the Assembly of the Republic, replacing the outgoing Mário Soares after ten years in office.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/09/New-Portuguese-president-sworn-in/5439826347600/ New Portuguese president sworn in United Press International Barry Hatton 9 March 1996 24 October 2021 18 May – Portugal participates in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with singer Lúcia Moniz performing the song "O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor".http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=311 Eurovision Song Contest 1996 European Broadcasting Union 24 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120104155623/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=311 4 January 2012 dead Moniz finishes the competition in sixth position, the highest placing achieved by a Portuguese contestant until Salvador Sobral's victory in 2017.https://www.dn.pt/lusa/2017-o-ano-em-que-portugal-venceu-o-festival-eurovisao-da-cancao-8991798.html 2017: O ano em que Portugal venceu o Festival Eurovisão da Canção Portuguese 2017: The year Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest Diário de Notícias Lusa News Agency 17 December 2017 23 March 2022 4 June – The government and French automobile manufacturer Renault announce a deal which sees the government purchase a Renault-owned car assembly plant in Setúbal in exchange for the sale of government assets in Renault-owned ventures within the country. The deal ends three years of negotiation between the government and Renault over the Setúbal factory, which since 1993 has seen the loss of more than 450 jobs.https://apnews.com/article/25363ae177ed42e4c7a5f88c7988db88 Renualt SA To Sell Portugal Plant, Buy Back Assets Associated Press 4 June 1996 24 March 2022 23 June – In association football, the Portuguese national team are eliminated from UEFA Euro 1996 after a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/oct/03/golden-goal-karel-poborsky-czech-republic-portugal-1996 Golden goal: Karel Poborsky for the Czech Republic v Portugal (1996) The Guardian Guardian Media Group Nick Ames 3 October 2014 25 March 2022 July to September 2 August – At the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Fernanda Ribeiro wins the women's 10,000-metre event in a new Olympic record time of 31 minutes 1.63 seconds, becoming the third Portuguese athlete to achieve an Olympic gold medal.https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fernanda-ribeiro-venceu-ouro-olimpico-ha-25-anos-na-corrida-de-uma-vida--13996315.html Fernanda Ribeiro venceu ouro olímpico há 25 anos na corrida de uma vida Portuguese Fernanda Ribeiro won Olympic gold 25 years ago in the race of a lifetime Diário de Noticias Lusa News Agency 1 August 2021 29 April 2022 13 October: Azorean regional election: The Socialist Party and the Social Democratic Party each win 24 seats in the Legislative Assembly of the Azores. The Socialist Party led by Carlos César subsequently forms a minority government with the support of the CDS – People's Party, ending two decades of Social Democratic governance.https://www.sabado.pt/portugal/detalhe/1996-a-outra-minoria-do-ps-acores 1996: a outra minoria do PS Açores pt 1996: the other minority of the PS Azores Sábado Maria Henrique Espada 29 October 2020 28 March 2022 Madeiran regional election: The Social Democratic Party achieves a majority in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, winning 41 of the 59 available seats with 56.9% of the vote. The Socialist Party finishes as the second largest party in one of its strongest results in the Madeiran Assembly, securing thirteen seats with a vote share of 24.8%.https://funchalnoticias.net/2019/07/01/regionais-de-1996-com-o-ps-a-eleger-13-deputados-pela-primeira-vez/ Regionais de 1996 com o PS a eleger 13 deputados e Edgar Silva (CDU) pela primeira vez pt Funcal Notícias Emanuel Silva 1 July 2019 24 April 2022 6 December – A series of events are held marking the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of Jews from Portugal by Manuel I. Speaking in the National Assembly, President Jorge Sampaio describes the 1496 expulsion as "iniquitous act with deep and disastrous consequences", and joins Dan Tichon, the Speaker of the Knesset in Israel, and leaders of the Portuguese Catholic Church in a session of prayers at the Lisbon Synagogue.https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/06/world/portugal-seeks-to-atone-for-1496-expulsion-of-jews.html Portugal Seeks to Atone for 1496 Expulsion of Jews The New York Times Associated Press 6 December 1996 22 March 2022 Arts and entertainment 1996 in Portuguese television 7 March – Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 (Festival da Canção) 5 December – The cable television channel Canal Panda launched, then known as Panda Club. Sports 8-14 April – 1996 Estoril Open (tennis) 22 September – 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix (Formula One) Establishment of the Taça Nacional Sénior de Futsal Feminino. Births October 2012 no 25 March – Afonso, Prince of Beira, son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza 5 September – Rui Oliveira, track cyclist 1 November – Daniela Melchior, actress 7 November – André Horta, footballer 29 November – Gonçalo Guedes, footballer 4 December – Diogo Jota, footballer (d. 2025) Deaths thumb|right|100 px|António de Spínola 1 March – Vergílio Ferreira, writer (born 1916).https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-vergilio-ferreira-1340300.html Obituary: Vergilio Ferreira The Independent James Kirkup 23 October 2011 2 November 2021 1 April – Alfredo Nobre da Costa, engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (1978) (born 1923).https://apnews.com/article/746189efb4be914a6d5b00bd3007b752 Former Prime Minister Nobre da Costa Dead at 73 Associated Press 1 April 1996 19 March 2022 15 April – Beatriz Costa, actress (born 1907) 16 June – David Mourao-Ferreira, writer and poet (born 1927).https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-david-mouraoferreira-1337931.html OBITUARY : David Mourao-Ferreira The Independent Antonio de Figueiredo 19 June 1996 2 November 2021 13 August – António de Spínola, military officer, politician and writer (born 1910).https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/14/world/antonio-de-spinola-86-a-bridge-to-democracy-for-the-portuguese.html Antonio de Spinola, 86, a Bridge To Democracy for the Portuguese The New York Times Associated Press 14 August 1996 21 March 2022 References 1996 Category:1990s in Portugal Portugal Category:Years of the 20th century in Portugal Portugal