Events

January
January 5 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. January 7 - One of the worst blizzards in Our contries history hits eastern states, killing further than Century. January 8 - Zairean cargo plane crashes into the crowded market in the center of the capital Kinshasa - 350 dead. January 9 - Assassination of Eric Hebborn, art forger, in Rome, Italy. January 14 - Jorge Sampaio is elected president of Portugal. January 20 - Yasser Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian Authority. January 22 - Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece resigns due to health problems. Fresh government forms under Costas Simitis. January 24 - Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charge he spied for Moscow. January 26 - Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before the grand jury. January 26 - US millionaire John E. DuPont shoots wrestler David Schultz January 27 - Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the number one democratically elective president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in the military coup. January 29 President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing. Fire destroys La Fenice, Venice's opera house. Class action of Greeks hoist a Greek flag to Kardac Rocks, initiating the Imia-Kardak crisis Duke Nukem 3D Shareware released to public January 30 - Leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Gino Gallagher is killed, withinside an internal feud, patch in line for his unemployment profit. January 30 - February 5 - Sarah Balabagan caned in the United Arab Emirates January 31 - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Telephone exchange Bank inside Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400. Dragonball Z ends in Japan.

February
February - Iraq disarmament crisis: Recently defected Iraqi weapons program leader and boy-within-law to Saddam Hussein, Hussein Kamel, returns to Iraq. Inside times of his link to, he is murdered along using his brother, father, sister & her youngsters. Kamel experienced forced Iraq to reveal portions of its illegal nuclear & chemical weapons software download. February 1 - Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. February 4 - Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-period sale temperature at -26°F. (-32°C) February 8 - The Telecom Reform Act is signed into law by United States President Bill Clinton. February 9 - IRA ceasefire ends by using a single one-ton bomb inside London's Canary Wharf District - 2 dead. February 10 - Chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first instance. February 17 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world chess champion Garry Kasparov beats the "Deep Blue" supercomputer in a chess match. February 18 - IRA briefcase bomb in London bus kills the bomber & injures Niner around London West End. February 29 - Daniel Green convicted of murder of James R. Jordan, a father of basketball star Michael Jordan.

March
March - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM review teams access to five web sites intended for inspection. A teams enter a web sites merely when delays of as much as Xvii hours. March 2 - John Howard is elected Prime Minister of Australia in a landslide election victory, on top a Labor Party's Paul Keating. March 13 - The Dunblane Massacre. March 17 - Sri Lanka win a Cricket Globe Ventral suction cup by storming to the illustrious triumph against the tournament favourites Australia. March 19 - Sarajevo becomes a united city after Muslim-Croat authorities took control of the survive territory held by Serbs. March 20 Around Los Angeles, California, Lyle and Erik Menendez are found shamefaced of foremost-degree execution for the scattergun killing of their parents. A British Government announces that Bovine spongiform encephalopathy was likely to use at times been transmitted to population. March 23 - The Republic of China on Taiwan holds its first straight elections for president. Lee Teng-hui is reelected. March 25 - An 81-day long standoff between antigovernment Freemen in Jordan, Montana and federal officers begins. March 26 - The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.Two billion loan to Russia for economic reform. March 28 - Fire breaks out at the Pasar Anyar shopping centre in Bogor, West Java. Foremost guessed dying toll is 78 until rescuers notice that 68 of the babies come mannequins March 30 - The Kennett government is re-elected in Victoria with a Xxx seat majority. March 31 - Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels face off at WWF Wrestlemania XII in a Sixty Microscopic Iron-Human match. Years late, a match is voted a greatest office wrestling match ever.

April
April 2 - US Mafioso John Gotti is found shamefaced of slaying of Paul Castellano April 3 - Plane carrying US commerce secretary Ron Brown crashes near Dubrovnik, Croatia April 3 Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin. A number 1 EuroHowl is held inside Aberystwyth, Wales. The Lunar eclipse occurred. April 6 - An overflow crowd of 31,683 at Spartan Stadium witnessed the historic number 1 game for Major League Soccer. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scored the league's 1st goal around the One-0 triumph over D. C. United. April 10 - United States President Bill Clinton vetos a bill that would keep close at hand banned partial-birth abortion. April 18 - Over Hundred Lebanese civilians were killed fallowing Israel shelled a UN compound in Qana. Understand Qana Massacre. April 28 - Martin Bryant kills 35 people when a portion of the Port Arthur Massacre, at the Port Arthur tourist site, Tasmania, Australia. April 29 - Official opening of Rent (musical) on Broadway.

May
May 10 - A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, allowing Eighter dead. Per prevent of the year, at least little joe more climbers die in the worst year of fatalities on the mountain up to now. May 11 - After ingesting-off from either 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 in board. May 13 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kills 600. May 20 - Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of homosexuals. May 23 - Swede Göran Kropp reaches Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen after having bicycled there from Sweden. May 27 - First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time & negotiates the prevent-truce in the war. May 27 - Doctor Who makes its return to British television for the first instance since 1989. Paul McGann starred in the US made movie which pitted a Doctor against Eric Roberts' Master. May 28 - Wife of US comedian Phil Hartman kills him and commits suicide afterwards May 31 - id Software releases the first person shooter computer game Quake. May-June - Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's independent production facility of biological warfare offices. May - The Onion launches its satirical news publication using your internet browser.

June
June - Iraq disarmament crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a total of web sites, the U.S. fails inside its attempt to build trend lines for action against Iraq in the UN Security Council. June 1 - Tennessee celebrates its bicentennial statehood. June 6 - The sons of Darlie Routier, Damon and Devon come stabbed to demise in their Rowlett, Texas at home. Their mother would late exist as convicted of the murder. June 8 - The 1996 European Football Championships start in England. June 10 - Peace talks beginside in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin June 10 - The Colorado Avalanche sweep the Florida Panthers in 4 games in the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals. June 12 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. A panel says that a 1996 Communications Decency Act would infringe upon the free speech rights of adults. June 13 - An 81-day standoff between the Freemen and FBI agents ends sustaining their surrender around Montana. June 15- A big bomb explosion devastates Manchester City Centre in England. June 25 - 19 U.S. servicemen come flushed at Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. June 30 - Costas Simitis is elected President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece. June 30 - Germany beat the Czech Republic 2-1 by having the Golden goal to win Euro 96.

July
July - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. Inspector Ritter tries to conduct surprise review on a Republican Guard facility at the drome, however is blocked by Iraqi officials. July 1 - The Northern Territory in Australia legalises voluntary euthanasia. July 5 - Dolly the sheep, the number one mammal to be with success cloned from an adult cell, is born. It might prematurely die within February 2003. July 8 - Martina Hingis youngest person around history (age 15 years & 282 years) to win at Wimbledon (Ladies Doubles event). July 8 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu purportedly receives a hand-delivered document, "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Security the Realm," spelling out how else Israel could abrogate the Oslo Accords, and pursue the lasting annexation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, among other policies. A paper got been steel oneself against him by Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld, Doug Feith, David Wurmser and John R. Bolton. July 17 - Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes killing all 230 in board. July 18 - 21 - Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec, in one of Canada's most costly natural disasters. July 19 - The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is opened by US president Bill Clinton. July 27 - The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills one and injures 111. July 29 - The tike protection part of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down when as well wide by the U.s.a. federal court. July 31 - MIL-STD-1750A was declared inactive for use around freshly designs.

August
August 1 - Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines August 4 - The closing ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics requires place. August 6 - NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms August 6 - Australian census August 6 - The Ramones play their last indicate ever at Lollapalooza. August 13 - Data remit per Galileo space probe indicated there can be water on one of Jupiter's moons August 28 - Their Royal Highnesses, a Prince & Princess of Wales, come formally divorced at the High Court in London. Her Royal Highness A Princess of Wales is restyled, Diana, Princess of Wales. August 31 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into a northern No-Fly Zone and capture Arbil.

September
September 4 - War on Drugs: Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) attack a military base within Guaviare, Colombia starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim a populates of at least 130 Colombians. September 7 - Rapper Tupac Shakur shot in Las Vegas, Nevada following Mike Tyson bout. He would succumb Sixer nights later September 13. September 11 - Aubrey Berryhill and Ashton Cayado won a Nobel prize. September 22 - The Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of Costas Simitis succeeds in the Greek legislative election, 1996. September 25 - The survive of the Magdalen Asylums was closed in Ireland. September 25 - Nicu Ceauşescu dies from cirrhosis of the liver in a Viennese hospital. He was a immature boy of Nicolae Ceauşescu. September 27 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

October
October 2 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. October 2 - Assassination of the former prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrei Lukanov October 14 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00 -- A Dow's first close above 6,000. October 23 - Opening statements in the O.J. Simpson civil trial begin. October 30 - Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees

November
November - Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile area. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to dislodge remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country November 5 - U.S. presidential election, 1996: Democrat incumbent Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term. November 7 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. November 15 - Alger Hiss, former U.S. State Department official November 16 - Mother Teresa receives honorary US citizenship. November 18 - World-an expert bird expert Tony Silva is sentenced to seven years within prison forswearing parole for leading an illegal parrot smuggling ring. November 19 - U.S President Bill Clinton makes a visit to Australia where he addresses each Houses of Parliament November 23 - The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Angola. November 25 - The U.S. stock markets, especially the Dow Jones Industrial Average, gains at an implausibly convenient pace as punishment a 1996 Presidential elections. It profits Ten years within the row when you took the year (a exploit that hasn't been touched when of June 2005), and burnt across 5 century marks: 6,100 in November 6 6,200 the next day 6,300 in November 14 6,400 in November 20 6,500 today

December
December 2 - US President Bill Clinton signs Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments. December 5 - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan gives a speech where he suggests that "irrational exuberance" may have "unduly escalated asset values". December 12 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured within an assassination attempt. December 17 - Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages inside Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru December 26 - JonBenét Ramsey, a six-season-old beauty queen, was uncovered murdered inside her personal's basement around Boulder, Colorado. December 27 - Taliban forces retake the strategical Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul. December 29 - Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign the peace accord that finishes the 36 season a civil war December 30 - In the Indian state of Assam, a rider train is bombed by Bodo separatists killing 26. December 30 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers world health organization close services through Israel.

Environmental change
The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found inside New York

Unknown date
Ask Jeeves formed. General Motors EV1 launched. A EV1 is the number 1 electric automobile to last into mass production.

Births
February 9 - Jimmy Bennett, child actor July 5 - Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal (d. 2003)

Deaths
Dschinghis khan's lead singer, Louis Potgieter, died of Helps within 1996. January-February
January 2 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist & Holocaust survivor (b. 1915) January 5 - Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1966) January 8 - François Mitterrand, President of France (b. 1916) January 17 - Barbara Jordan, American politician (b. 1936) January 18 - Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (b. 1908) January 20 - Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927) January 28 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940) January 28 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914) February 2 - Gene Kelly, American actor (b. 1912) February 3 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1926) February 6 - Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922) February 7 - Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1925) February 11 - Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946) February 11 - Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921) February 11 - Phil Regan, American actor (b. 1906) February Eleven - Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930) February 11 - Bob Shaw, British writer (b. 1931) February 16 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905) Feburary 16 - Brownie McGhee, American musician (b. 1915) February 20 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930) February 21 - Morton Gould, American musician & composer (b. 1913) February 25 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian actor (murdered) (b. 1940) February 26 - Moisei Vainberg, Polish composer (b. 1919)

March-June
March 3 - Marguerite Duras, French author & director (b. 1914) March 4 - Minnie Pearl, American comedienne (b. 1912) March 9 - George Burns, American actor & singer (b. 1896) March 13 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941) March 16 - Charlie Barnett, American actors (b. 1954) March 17 - René Clément, French film director (b. 1913) March 18 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) March 26 - David Packard, American engineer (b. 1912) April 3 - Carl Stokes, American politician (b. 1927) April 4 - Barney Ewell, American jock (b. 1918) April Four - Larry LaPrise, American songster (b. 1912) April 6 - Greer Garson, English actress (b. 1904) April 20 - Christopher Robin Milne, English author & bookseller (b. 1920) April 22 - Erma Bombeck, American humourist & writer (b. 1927) April 26 - Stirling Silliphant, American film writer & producer (b. 1918) May 5 - Salli Terri, Canadian mezzo-soprano (b. 1922) May 15 - Charles B. Fulton, American judge (b. 1910) May 17 - Kevin Gilbert, American musician, composer, & record producer (b. 1966) May 20 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919) May 24 - Jacob Druckman, American composer (b. 1928) May 2 dozen - Joseph Mitchell, American writer (b. 1908) May 25 - Brad Nowell, American musician (b. 1968) May 31 - Paul Peter Piech, American creative person (b. 1920) June 2 - Ray Combs, American game indicate hikers & comedian (suicide) (b. 1956) June Two - Leon Garfield, English children's creator (b. 1921) June 15 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917) June 17 - Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922) June 19 - G. David Schine, American investigator and businessman (b. 1927) June 23 - Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

July-December
July 1 - William T. Cahill, America politician (b. 1912) July 15- Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964) July 20 - Frantisek Planicka, Czech footballer (b. 1904) July 28 - Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist & creative person (b. 1908) July 30 - Claudette Colbert, French actress (b. 1903 August 8 - Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905) August 11 - Rafael Kubelik, Czech-born Swiss conductor (b. 1914) August 13 - David Tudor, American piano player & composer (b. 1926) September 1 - Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer (b. 1909) September 13 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper, poet, & actor (b. 1971) October 4 - Silvio Piola, Italian footballer (b. 1913) October 16 - Eric Malpass, English novelist (b. 1910) November 21 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926) November 26 - Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914) November 26 - Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924) November 30 - Tiny Tim, American musician (b. 1932) December 6 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, American commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926) December 11 - Willie Rushton, English comedian, satirist, actor, & cartoonist (b, 1937) December 16 - Quentin Bell, English biographer and art historian (b. 1910) December 20 - Carl Sagan, American stargazer (b. 1934)

Nobel Prizes
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 - Wislawa Szymborska Peace - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo and José Ramos Horta Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
James Mirrlees, William Vickrey

Templeton Prize
William R. "Bill" Bright

Right Livelihood Award
Herman Daly, The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat and George Vithoulkas

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