1996 34636 225809275 2008-07-15T14:38:00Z Closedmouth 372693 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/71.10.27.242|71.10.27.242]] to last version by PseudoBot (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{year nav|1996}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1996''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXCVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Monday]] (link will display full 1996 [[Gregorian calendar]]). {{C20YearTOCawards|1996|Ship events|Environmental}} The year 1996 was designated the ''International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. It was also the [[Chinese New Year]] of the [[Rat (zodiac)|Rat]], a year traditionally feared for [[natural disasters]]. ==Events of 1996== <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT INTO SEPARATE ARTICLES, please categorize the individual month articles using, for example, as per [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Year_categories]]. --> <!-- The calendar article is: [[leap year starting on Monday]]. -- Remove any month-calendars here, such as: {{Month3|1|7|0}}. --> ===January=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. Also, the same dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7-9. --> * [[January 1]] - King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|Fahd]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] temporarily gives power to Crown Prince [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah]], his legal successor, due to illness. * [[January 3]] - [[Motorola]] introduces the [[Motorola StarTAC]] Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone at that time. * [[January 4]] - [[Hosni Mubarak]], the president of [[Egypt]], appoints a new government in response to accusations of corruption in the parliamentary elections in late 1995. * [[January 5]] - [[Hamas]] operative [[Yahya Ayyash]] is killed by an [[Israel]]i-planted [[booby-trap]]ped [[cell phone]]. * [[January 7]] - One of the worst [[blizzard]]s in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people. Philadelphia, PA received a record 30.7 inches of snowfall. * [[January 8]] - A [[Zaire]]an cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital [[Kinshasa]] - 350 dead. * [[January 9]] - Art forger [[Eric Hebborn]] is assassinated in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. * [[January 9]] to [[January 20|20]] - Serious fighting breaks out between [[Russia]]n soldiers and rebel fighters in [[Chechnya]]. * [[January 11]] - [[Ryutaro Hashimoto]], leader of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], becomes Prime Minister of [[Japan]] * [[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]] - 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. * [[January 19]] - An [[Indonesia]]n 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]]. [[Image:Yasser-arafat-1999.jpg|thumb|Yasser Arafat]] * [[January 22]] - [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]], resigns due to health problems; a new government forms under [[Costas Simitis]]. * [[January 23]] - The first version of the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]] is released. * [[January 24]] - Polish Premier [[Jozef Oleksy]] resigns amid charges that he spied for [[Moscow]]. He is replaced by [[Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz]]. * [[January 26]] - [[Whitewater scandal]]: U.S. First Lady [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] testifies before a grand jury. * [[January 27]] - Colonel [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]] deposes the first democratically elected president of [[Niger]], [[Mahamane Ousmane]], in a military coup. <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:dukenukem3d.jpg|thumb|Duke Nukem 3D logo]]--> * [[January 28]] - The [[Dallas Cowboys]] become the first NFL franchise to win 3 [[Super Bowl]]s in a span of 4 seasons, as they defeat the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] 27-17 in [[Super Bowl XXX]] at [[Sun Devil Stadium]] in [[Tempe]], [[Arizona]]. It is the [[Cowboys]] 5th [[Super Bowl]] championship. * [[January 29]] - President [[Jacques Chirac]] announces a "definitive end" to French [[nuclear testing]]. * [[January 29]] - Fire destroys [[La Fenice]], [[Venice]]'s opera house. * [[January 29]] - [[Imia-Kardak crisis]]: A [[Greek flag]] is hoisted on a small rocky island named [[Imia]] ([[Greek language|Greek]]) / Kardak ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]). * [[January 30]] - [[Irish National Liberation Army]] leader [[Gino Gallagher]] is killed in an internal feud, while in line for his unemployment benefits. * [[January 30]]-[[February 5]] - [[Sarah Balabagan]] is caned in the [[United Arab Emirates]]. * [[January 31]] - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400. * [[January 31]] - An explosion in [[Shaoyang]], [[China]] kills 122 and injures over 400 when 10 tons of [[dynamite]] in an illegal explosives warehouse underneath an apartment building detonate. * [[January 31]] - A bomb planted by the [[Tamil Tigers]] explodes in [[Colombo]], killing 88 and injuring hundreds more. ===February=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, [[Image:p11_kasparov_breakout.jpg|right|thumb|Kasparov vs. Deep Blue]]--> <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences.--> * [[February 4]] - An earthquake near [[Lijiang]] in southwest [[China]] measuring up to 7 on the [[Richter scale]] kills at least 240 people, injuring more than 14,000 and making hundreds of thousands homeless. * [[February 6]] - A [[Birgenair]] [[Boeing 757]] on an unauthorised charter flight from the [[Caribbean]] to [[Germany]] crashed into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the coast of the [[Dominican Republic]], killing all 189 passengers and crew. See [[Birgenair Flight 301]]. * [[February 7]] - [[Rene Preval]] succeeds [[Jean-Bertrande Aristide]] as president of [[Haiti]] in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence. * [[February 8]] - An IRA ceasefire ends with a 1-ton bomb in London's [[Canary Wharf|Canary Wharf District]], killing 2 and causing over 1 billion pounds worth of damage. * [[February 9]] - Discovery of the element [[Ununbium]] * [[February 10]] - [[Computer chess|Chess computer]] "[[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]]" defeats world [[chess]] champion [[Garry Kasparov]] for the first time. * [[February 10]] - [[Bosnian Serb]]s break off contact with the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] 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 [[Philippines|Filipino]] soldiers and [[Vietnamese]] [[boat people]] as the Philippines government attempts to forcibly [[repatriate]] hundreds of Vietnamese [[asylum seeker]]s. * [[February 15]] - In south-west [[Wales]], the [[Sea Empress]] oil tanker runs aground, spilling 73,000 tonnes of crude oil, killing many birds. * [[February 15]] - The U.S. Embassy in [[Athens|Athens, Greece]] comes under mortar fire. * [[February 15]] - A [[Long March 3]] at the [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center|Xichang]] launch site in [[China]] crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing 500. * [[February 15]] - [[Begum Khaleda Zia]] is reelected as prime minister of [[Bangladesh]]. The country's second democratic election is marred by low voter turnout owing to several boycotts and pre-election violence, which resulted in at least 13 deaths. * [[February 15]] - The [[United Kingdom|UK]] government publishes the [[Scott Report]]. * [[February 17]] - In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[Garry Kasparov]] beats "[[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]]" in a second [[chess]] match. [[Image:Intelsat708.jpg|thumb|190px|right|[[February 15|Feb.15]]: [[Long March rocket]], with Intelsat 708 satellite, veers upon launch (images from Cox Commission report for [[U.S. Congress]]).]] * [[February 17]] - In [[Irian Jaya]], an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 and associated tidal waves kills 102 people and causes widespread devastation. * [[February 18]] - An IRA briefcase bomb in a bus kills the bomber and injures 9 in the [[West End of London]]. * [[February 19]] - A wooden ferry capsizes as it enters the port of [[Cadiz]] in the [[Philippines]], killing 54 people. * [[February 19]] - Close to one million people, including prime minister [[Felipe Gonzalez]], participate in a silent march in [[Madrid]] against recent terrorist attacks committed by the [[ETA]]. * [[February 21]] - King [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|Fahd]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] announces his medical recovery in the national press and assumes power again from his brother, Crown Prince [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah]]. * [[February 24]] - [[Cuba]]n fighter jets shoot down two [[United States|American]] aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile group, [[Brothers to the Rescue]]. Cuban officials asserted that they had invaded Cuban airspace. * [[February 25]] - Two suicide bombs in Israel kill 27 and injure 80. [[Hamas]] claims responsibility. * [[February 28]] - Canadian singer [[Alanis Morissette]] wins the top honor, Album of the Year award, at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. She is the youngest person to ever win this award, a record she still holds. * [[February 29]] - In [[Lumberton, North Carolina]], Daniel Green is convicted of the murder of [[James R. Jordan, Sr.|James Jordan]], the father of basketball star [[Michael Jordan]]. * [[February 29]] - A [[Boeing 737]] flying for [[Faucett Airlines]] in route from [[Lima]] to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashed into a mountain near [[Arequipa]]. All 123 people on board died. See [[Faucett Flight 251]]. * [[February 29]] - At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of [[Kampala]], in [[Uganda]]. ===March=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences.--> * [[March 1]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi forces refuse [[UNSCOM]] inspection teams access to 5 sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to 17 hours. * [[March 2]] - [[John Howard]] is elected [[Prime Minister of Australia]] in a landslide victory over the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party's]] [[Paul Keating]]. * [[March 2]] - Ranabima Royal College, Sri Lanka, is established. * [[March 3]] - [[Jose Maria Aznar]], leader of the [[People's Party (Spain)|Popular Party]], is elected prime minister of [[Spain]], replacing [[Felipe Gonzalez]]. * [[March 3]] to [[March 4]] - Two more suicide bombs explode in [[Israel]], killing 32. The [[Yahya Ayyash Units]] admit responsibility, and [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian]] president [[Yasser Arafat]] condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliations. * [[March 6]] - A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside [[Freetown]] harbour, in [[Sierra Leone]], killing at least 86. * [[March 6]] - [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels attack the [[Russia]]n government headquarters in [[Grozny]]. Seventy Russian soldiers and policemen and 130 Chechen fighters are killed. * [[March 8]] - The [[PRC]] begins [[surface to surface missile]] testing and military exercises off [[Taiwan]]ese coastal areas. The [[United States]] government condemns the act as provocation, and the [[Taiwan]]ese government warns of retaliation. * [[March 9]] - [[Jorge Sampaio]] is the new [[Portugal|Portuguese]] president. * [[March 13]] - The [[Dunblane massacre|Dunblane Massacre]]: Unemployed former shopkeeper [[Thomas Hamilton (Dunblane murderer)|Thomas Hamilton]] walks into the Dunblane Primary School in [[Scotland]] and opens fire, killing 16 students and 1 teacher before fatally shooting himself. * [[March 14]] - An international peace summit is held in [[Egypt]], in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East. * [[March 16]] - [[Robert Mugabe]] is reelected president of [[Zimbabwe]], although only 32 percent of the electorate actually voted. * [[March 17]] - [[Sri Lanka]] wins the Cricket World Cup by storming to a famous victory against the tournament favourite [[Australia]]. * [[March 18]] - 162 die in a fire at [[Ozone Disco Club fire| the Ozone Disco]] in [[Quezon City]], [[Philippines]]. *[[March 19]] - In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Lyle and Erik Menendez]] are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents. * [[March 20]] - The [[British Government]] announces that [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy]] has been likely transmitted to people. * [[March 23]] - The [[Republic of China]] or [[Taiwan]] holds its first direct elections for president; [[Lee Teng-hui]] is re-elected. * [[March 24]] - [[Islamism|Islamists]] clash with security forces in [[Kashmir]], killing 11. * [[March 25]] - An 81-day long standoff between antigovernment [[Montana Freemen|Freemen]] in [[Jordan, Montana]] and federal officers begins. * [[March 25]] - The [[68th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Whoopi Goldberg]], are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] with ''[[Braveheart]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. * [[March 26]] - The [[International Monetary Fund]] approves a $10.2 billion loan to [[Russia]] for economic reform. * [[March 28]] - Fire breaks out at the Pasar Anyar shopping centre in [[Bogor]], [[West Java]]. The first death toll estimate is 78 until rescuers notice that 68 of them are [[mannequin]]s. * [[March 28]] - Three [[United Kingdom|British]] soldiers are found guilty of the manslaughter of [[Danish people|Danish]] tour guide [[Louise Jensen]] in [[Cyprus]]. Allan Ford, Justin Fowler and Geoffrey Pernell receive life sentences for their crime, which was committed in [[September]] [[1994]]. * [[March 28]] - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake kills 62 and injures 110 people, and destroys 70 percent of the town of [[Pujili]] in [[Ecuador]]. ===April=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:Jordan-scottie.jpg|thumb|Michael Jordan together with [[Scottie Pippen]] led the Bulls to 6 NBA titles.]]--> * [[April 1]] - The [[Halifax Regional Municipality]] in [[Nova Scotia]] is created. * [[April 1]] - An overcrowded ferry sinks off the coast of Irois, [[Haiti]] killing more than 200 people. * [[April 2]] - U.S. [[Mafia|Mafioso]] [[John Gotti]] is found guilty of murdering [[Paul Castellano]]. * [[April 3]] - A [[Boeing 737]] military jet crashes into a mountain north of [[Dubrovnik]], in [[Croatia]]. All 35 people on board died, including United States [[Secretary of Commerce]] [[Ron Brown]]. See [[1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash]]. * [[April 3]] - Suspected "Unabomber" [[Theodore Kaczynski]] is arrested at his [[Montana]] cabin. * [[April 3]] - Massacres of [[Hutu]]s by [[Tutsi]]s in [[Burundi]] take place, with more than 450 killed in a few days. * [[April 6]] - Fighting breaks out in [[Monrovia]] in [[Liberia]] between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation. * [[April 6]] - [[Major League Soccer]] kicks off in front of an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed [[Spartan Stadium (San Jose)|Spartan Stadium]] to witness the historic first game. [[San Jose Clash]] forward [[Eric Wynalda]] scored the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over [[D. C. United]]. * [[April 6]] - [[Turkey|Turkish]] authorities begin Operation Hawk, an army offensive against rebels from the Kurdish Worker's Party in southeastern Turkey. * [[April 11]] - The [[Israel]]i government launches [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]], consisting of massive attacks on [[Lebanon]], in retaliation for prior terrorist attacks, and sparking off a violent series of retaliations. * [[April 12]] - [[Jessica Dubroff]], aged 7, is killed in a crash near [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]] while attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States. * [[April 16]] - The NBA's 1995-1996 [[Chicago Bulls]], with [[Michael Jordan]]'s lead, go on to set a new NBA record for the most wins in a season, achieving their 70th win. * [[April 18]] - [[Qana Massacre]]: Over 100 [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] civilians are killed after Israel shells the [[UN]] compound in [[Qana]]. * [[April 18]] - In reaction to the [[Qana Massacre]], an [[Islamist]] group in [[Egypt]] open fire on a hotel, killing 18 Greek tourists and injuring 17 others. * [[April 21]] - A general election in [[Italy]] proclaims a new government headed by [[Romano Prodi]] and his [[The Olive Tree (political coalition)|Olive Tree coalition]], replacing [[Silvio Berlusconi]]. * [[April 24]] - At the urging of [[Yasser Arafat]], the [[Palestinian Liberation Organisation]] drops its clause calling for the removal of [[Israel]]. The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of [[Palestine]]. * [[April 26]] - The [[Rent (musical)|Rent]] opens. * [[April 28]] - [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur massacre]]: [[Martin Bryant]] kills 35 people at the [[Port Arthur, Tasmania]] tourist site, [[Australia]]. * [[April 28]] - A bomb explodes in [[Bhaiperu]], [[Pakistan]], killing more than sixty people. ===May=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. Plus, same dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7-9.--> * [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents. * [[May 4]] - A Sudanese Federal Airlines jet crashed on a domestic flight in a severe [[dust storm]] while making an emergency landing 325 kilometres northeast of [[Khartoum]], killing all 53 passengers and crew. * [[May 8]] - dedication of the [[Keck telescope|Keck II telescope]] * [[May 9]] - [[South Africa]]'s [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] pulls out of the two year-old coalition government, and the [[African National Congress]] assumes full political control. * [[May 9]] - Incumbent president of [[Uganda]] [[Yoweri Museveni]] wins a landslide victory in the country's first 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 8 dead. By the end of the month, at least 4 other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date. * [[May 10]] - The [[Australia]]n government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both [[automatic rifle|automatic]] and [[semi-automatic rifle]]s, in response to the [[Port Arthur massacre]]. * [[May 10]] - [[Vietnamese]] [[boat people]] in [[Hong Kong]], facing forced [[repatriation]] due to their classification as [[economic migrant]]s rather than [[refugee]]s, stage a protest at the Whitehead Detention Centre. * [[May 11]] - After takeoff from [[Miami, Florida]], a fire started by improperly-handled [[oxygen]] canisters in the cargo hold of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]-bound [[ValuJet Flight 592]] causes the [[Douglas DC-9]] to crash in the [[Everglades|Florida Everglades]], killing all 110 on board. * [[May 13]] - Severe [[thunderstorm]]s and a [[tornado]] in [[Bangladesh]] kill 600. * [[May 15]] - Nine hostages held by the [[Free Papua Organization]] in [[Irian Jaya]] are rescued after an operation by the [[Indonesia]]n military. Two other hostages are later found dead. * [[May 17]] to [[May 28]] - [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], is elected the new 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 (India)|United Front]], led [[Deve Gowda]]. * [[May 18]] - The [[X Prize Foundation]] launches the [[USD|US$]]10 million [[Ansari X Prize]], which would go on to be won in [[2004]], by [[Burt Rutan]]'s [[Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne|SpaceShipOne]]. * [[May 19]] - President of the [[Bosnian Serb]]s [[Radovan Karadzic]] resigns from public office after being indicted for [[war crime]]s. * [[May 20]] - [[Gay rights]]: The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules (''[[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 [[homosexuality|homosexuals]]. * [[May 21]] - The ''[[MV Bukoba]]'' sinks in [[Tanzania]]n waters in [[Lake Victoria]], killing nearly 1,000 in one of [[Africa]]'s worst maritime disasters. * [[May 21]] - The [[Trappist]] [[Martyrs of Atlas]] are executed. * [[May 23]] - Swede [[Göran Kropp]] reaches the [[Mount Everest]] summit alone without [[oxygen]], after having bicycled there from [[Sweden]]. * [[May 23]] - Members of the [[Armed Islamic Group]] in [[Algeria]] kill seven [[France|French]] [[Trappist]] monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down. * [[May 27]] - [[First Chechnya War]]: [[Russia]]n President [[Boris Yeltsin]] meets with [[Chechnya]]n rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war. * [[May 28]] - [[Albania]]'s general election of [[May 26]] is declared unfair by international monitors, and the ruling [[Democratic Party of Albania|Democratic Party]] under President [[Sali Berisha]] is charged by the [[Organisation for Security and Cooperation 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 [[Israel]]i general election. * [[May 30]] - The [[Hoover Institution]] released an optimistic report that [[global warming]] would probably reduce mortality in the [[United States]] and provide Americans with valuable benefits.<ref>[http://www.stanford.edu/~moore/health.html Health and Amenity Effects of Global Warming]</ref> * [[May 31]] - [[FIFA]] decides to give the [[FIFA World Cup 2002]], the first World Cup in [[Asia]], to [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]], becoming the first World Cup with co-host countries in the history of the event. ===June=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:Thewho.jpg|thumb|The Who]]--> * [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the U.S. fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council. * [[June 1]] to [[June 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 4]] - The space [[rocket]] [[Ariane 5]] explodes 40 seconds after takeoff in [[French Guiana]]. The project cost European governments 7.5 billion US dollars over 11 years. * [[June 6]] - [[Leighton W. Smith, Jr.]] resigns as [[NATO]] commander in the face of increasing criticism. * [[June 7]] - An [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] gang murders Detective Garda [[Jerry McCabe]] during a botched armed robbery in Adare, [[County Limerick]]. * [[June 8]] - [[Steffi Graf]] defeats [[Arantxa Sanchez Vicario]] in the longest ever women's final at the [[French Open]] to win her 19th [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] title. * [[June 10]] - Peace talks begin in [[Northern Ireland]] without [[Sinn Féin]]. * [[June 10]] - The [[Colorado Avalanche]] win their first Stanley Cup in their first season based out of [[Denver, Colorado]], defeating the [[Florida Panthers]] 4 games to none. Avalanche captain [[Joe Sakic]] wins the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as playoff MVP. * [[June 11]] - An explosion in a [[Sao Paulo]] suburban shopping centre kills 44 and injures more than 100. * [[June 11]] - A peace convoy carrying [[Chechen]] separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines, killing eight. * [[June 12]] - In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the [[internet]]. The panel says that the 1996 [[Communications Decency Act]] would infringe upon the [[free speech]] rights of adults. * [[June 13]] - An 81-day standoff between the [[Montana Freemen]] and [[FBI]] agents ends with their surrender in [[Montana]]. * [[June 15]] - In [[Manchester]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], a [[1996 Manchester City Centre bombing|massive IRA bomb injures over 200 people]] and devastates a large part of the city centre. * [[June 16]] - The [[Chicago Bulls]] win their 4th [[NBA Championship]] by defeating the [[Seattle Supersonics]] in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 2. * [[June 19]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]] emerges as winner in [[Russia]]'s first round of presidential elections. * [[June 20]] - Thousands of [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]] supporters clash with police in [[Jakarta]]. * [[June 23]] - The [[Nintendo 64]] video game system is released in [[Japan]]. * [[June 23]] - [[Archbishop]] [[Desmond Tutu]] is given an official farewell at his retirement service in [[St George's Cathedral]]. * [[June 23]] - [[Andreas Papandreou]], former [[Prime minister of Greece]] and founder of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]], dies in [[Athens]] at the age of 77. * [[June 25]] - The [[Khobar Towers bombing]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] kills 19 U.S. servicemen. * [[June 26]] - Journalist [[Veronica Guerin]] is shot and killed in her car just outside [[Dublin]]. * [[June 28]] - A new government is formed in [[Turkey]], with [[Necmettin Erbakan]] of [[Refah Partisi]] becoming prime minister of the coalition government, and deputy and foreign minister [[Tansu Ciller]] of the [[True Path Party]] succeeding him after two years. * [[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]]. * [[June 29]] - An explosion in a firecrackers factory in [[Sichuan Province]], [[China]] kills at least 36 people and injures another 52. * [[June 30]] - [[Costas Simitis]] is elected President of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] of [[Greece]]. * [[June 30]] - [[German national football team|Germany]] beats the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] to win [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 96]]. * [[June 30]] - [[Bosnian Serb]] leader [[Radovan Karadzic]] reliquishes power to his deputy, [[Biljana Plavsic]]. ===July=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:Dolly the sheep.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Dolly the sheep]], the first cloned mammal.]]--> * [[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 [[Iraq]]i officials. * The [[Prague Manifesto (Esperanto)|Prague Manifesto]] declares the principles of the [[Esperanto]] movement. * Confrontations occur in [[Northern Ireland]] between police and [[Orange Order]] protestors at [[Drumcree]]. * [[July 1]] - The [[Northern Territory]] in [[Australia]] legalises voluntary [[euthanasia]]. * [[July 3]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]] is [[Russian presidential election, 1996|reelected]] as [[President of Russia]] after the second round of elections. * [[July 5]] - [[Dolly the sheep]], the first [[mammal]] to be successfully [[cloning|cloned]] from an adult [[cell (biology)|cell]], is born at the [[Roslin Institute]] in [[Midlothian]], [[Scotland]]. * [[July 8]] - [[Martina Hingis]] becomes the youngest person in [[history]] (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at [[Wimbledon championships|Wimbledon]] in the Ladies' Doubles event. * [[July 11]] - Arrest warrants are issued for [[Bosnian Serb]] war criminals [[Radovan Karadzic]] and [[Ratko Mladic]] by the [[Russell Tribunal]] in [[The Hague]]. * [[July 13]] - A [[Republican Sinn Fein]] bomb explodes outside of a hotel in [[Enniskillen]], [[Northern Ireland]], disrupting a wedding reception and injuring 17 people. * [[July 16]] - An outbreak of [[E. coli]] [[food poisoning]] in [[Japan]] reaches 6,000 fatalities after a group of schoolchildren who have eaten contaminated lunches die. * [[July 17]] - [[Paris]] and [[Rome]]-bound [[TWA Flight 800]] ([[Boeing 747]]) explodes off the coast of [[Long Island, New York]], killing all 230 on board. * [[July 18]] - Howard Hughes is sentenced to life imprisonment at [[Chester]] [[Crown Court]] for the rape and murder of 7-year-old [[Sophie Hook]] at [[Llandudno]] 12 months previously. The trial judge recommends that Hughes, 31, should never be released. * [[July 19]] - An [[Fujita scale|F3]] tornado 5.5 miles away from the [[Westminster, Maryland]] city center injured 3 people and caused $5 million in damages. <ref>[http://www.city-data.com/city/Westminster-Maryland.html Westminster, Maryland (MD) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex offenders<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[July 19]] - The [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]], is opened by U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. * [[July 19]] - [[Radovan Karadzic]] steps down as president of the [[Serb]] enclave in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]. * [[July 21]] - Storms provoke severe [[flood]]ing on the [[Saguenay River]] in [[Quebec]], in one of [[Canada]]'s most costly [[natural disaster]]s. * [[July 24]] - The [[Dehiwala train bombing]] kills 56 commuters outside [[Colombo]]. * [[July 25]] - The [[Tutsi]]-led [[Burundi]]an 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]] kills 1 and injures 111. * [[July 29]] - The child protection portion of the [[Communications Decency Act]] (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court. ===August=== [[Image:ALH84001 structures.jpg|thumb|The electron microscope revealed chain structures in meteorite fragment [[ALH84001]]]] <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets. --> * [[August 1]] - [[Sarah Balabagan]] returns to the [[Philippines]]. * [[August 1]] - A pro-democracy demonstration supporting [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]] in [[Indonesia]] is broken up by riot police. * [[August 1]] - [[Michael Johnson]] wins the 200m finals of [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta in a world-record time of 19.32 seconds. * [[August 4]] - The [[1996 Summer Olympics]] conclude. * [[August 6]] - [[NASA]] announces that the [[ALH 84001]] meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms. * [[August 6]] - The [[Australia]]n [[Australian Bureau of Statistics|census]] is conducted. * [[August 7]] - Heavy rains kill more than 80 campers near [[Huesca]], [[Spain]]. * [[August 9]] - [[Boris Yeltsin]] is sworn in at the [[Kremlin]] for a second term as [[President of Russia]]. * [[August 11]] - The British rock band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] plays the biggest free-standing concert in UK history at Knebworth, Hertfordshire. * [[August 13]] - Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be [[water]] on one of [[Jupiter (planet)|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 20]] - A thousands-large protest in [[Seoul]], calling for reunification with [[North Korea]], is broken up by [[riot police]]. * [[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 forces from Saudi Arabia. * [[August 26]] - [[Bill Clinton]] signs [[PRWORA|welfare reform]] into law. * [[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]]. * [[August 29]] - U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] and Vice President [[Al Gore]] are renominated at the [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]]. * [[August 29]] - A Russian [[Tupolev]] 143 jetliner crashes into a mountain as it approaches the airport at [[Spitsbergen]], in Norway, killing all 141 people on board. * [[August 31]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern [[Iraqi no-fly zones|No-Fly Zone]] and capture Arbil. * [[August 31]] - The [[Big 12 Conference]] is inaugurated with a football game between [[Kansas State University]] and [[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech University]] in [[Manhattan, Kansas]]. ===September=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:2Pac2.jpg|thumb|Tupac]]--> * [[September 2]] - A permanent peace agreement is signed at the [[Malacañang Palace]] between the [[Government of the Philippines]] and the [[Moro National Liberation Front]]. * [[September 3]] - The U.S. 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 Department|Guaviare]], [[Colombia]], starting 3 weeks of [[guerrilla warfare]] that will claim the lives of at least 130 [[Colombia]]ns. * [[September 19]] - The scoreboard at Buffalo's US$127.5 million dollar [[HSBC Arena]] falls to the ice just hours before a [[National Hockey League]] game; no one is injured. * [[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 signed the [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] at the [[United Nations]]. * [[September 25]] - The last of the [[Magdalen Asylum]]s is closed in [[Ireland]]. * [[September 27]] - In [[Afghanistan]], the [[Taliban]] capture the capital city of [[Kabul]], after driving out President [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] and executing former leader [[Mohammad Najibullah]]. * [[September 29]] - The [[Nintendo 64]] is released in [[North America]]. ===October=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:Kurdt116.jpg|thumb|Kurt Cobain performing with [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]]]--> * [[October 2]] - The [[Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments]] are signed by U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]]. * [[October 2]] - The former prime minister of [[Bulgaria]], Andrei Lukanov, is assassinated. * [[October 2]] - An [[Aeroperu]] [[Boeing 757]] crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments failed just after takeoff from [[Lima]] airport, killing all 70 on board. * [[October 14]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, the Dow's first close above 6,000. * [[October 22]] - A fire at La Planta prison in southwest [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]] kills 30 prisoners. * [[October 23]] - The [[O.J. Simpson]] civil trial begins in [[Santa Monica, California]]. * [[October 25]] - The Toronto International Film Show begins, feturing such films as Twelfth Night. * [[October 26]] - The [[New York Yankees]] defeat the [[Atlanta Braves]] to win their 23rd [[World Series]] title and first in 18 years. *[[October 30]] - Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga [[Tutsi]]s of [[Laurent Kabila]] in [[Zaire]] seize [[Uvira]] and proceed to kill [[Hutu]] refugees. * [[October 31]] - A Brazilian TAM [[Fokker]] airliner crashes into a densely populated area of [[Sao Paulo]], killing 103. ===November=== [[Image:Bill Clinton.jpg|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]]]] <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. Plus, same dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7-9. --> * [[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]] - [[U.S. presidential election, 1996]]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] incumbent [[Bill Clinton]] defeats [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] challenger [[Bob Dole]] to win his second term. * [[November 7]] - A devastating [[category 4]] [[Cyclone]] strikes [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2,000 people die. 95 percent of the crops are completely destroyed. * [[November 7]] - [[NASA]] launches the [[Mars Global Surveyor]]. * [[November 8]] - All 141 people on board a [[Nigeria]]n-owned [[Boeing 727]] died when the aircraft crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching [[Lagos]] airport. * [[November 12]] - [[Saudi Arabian Airlines]] Boeing 747 has a [[1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision|mid-air collision]] with [[Kazakhstan Airlines]] Il-76, resulting in the loss of 349 lives. * [[November 15]] - [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] in [[Chicago]] is re-opened to pedestrian traffic. * [[November 16]] - [[Mother Teresa]] receives honorary U.S. citizenship. * [[November 17]] - A bomb explosion in [[Kaspiysk]], [[Russia]] kills 32 people. * [[November 18]] - World-renowned [[bird]] expert [[Tony Silva]] is sentenced to 7 years in prison without [[parole]] for leading an illegal [[parrot]] smuggling ring. * [[November 18]] - Martyn Bryant is sentenced to life imprisonment, 2 weeks after confessing to murdering 35 people in [[Tasmania]] earlier this year. * [[November 19]] - [[STS-80]]: was the longest mission of the [[Space Shuttle program]], flew by [[Space Shuttle Columbia]]. * [[November 21]] - A [[propane]] [[Humberto Vidal Explosion|explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] kills 33. * [[November 21]] - Demonstrations in [[Zagreb]] for survival of [[Radio 101 (Croatia)|Radio 101]]. * [[November 23]] - The [[Angola|Republic of Angola]] officially joins the [[World Trade Organization]], as ''Angola''. [[Image:Ethiopian961.jpg|right|frame|[[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961|Flight 961]] breaks up in the [[Indian Ocean]] after it ran out of fuel.]] * [[November 23]] - [[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, hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts [[Florida]]; winds gust to 90 mph. * [[November 25]] - The U.S. [[stock market]], especially the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]], gains at an incredibly fast pace following the 1996 Presidential election. It gains 10 days in a row during the month. * [[November 25]] - The APEC Summit in the Philippines is opened ===December=== <!-- No Fair Use rationale, image removed [[Image:Steve Jobs with iMac.jpg|thumb||Steve Jobs introducing the [[iMac]]]]--> * [[December 2]] - U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] signs the [[Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments]]. * [[December 5]] - [[Federal Reserve Board]] Chairman [[Alan Greenspan]] gives a speech in which he suggests that "[[irrational exuberance]]" may have "unduly escalated asset values". * [[December 12]] - [[Uday Hussein]] is seriously injured in an assassination attempt. * [[December 17]] - The [[Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement]] takes 72 hostages in the [[Japan]]ese Embassy in [[Lima]], [[Peru]]. * [[December 20]] - [[Steve Jobs]]'s company [[NeXT]] is bought by [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]], the company co-founded by Jobs. * [[December 26]] - Start of the [[1996-1997 strikes in South Korea|largest strike]] in [[South Korea]]n history. * [[December 26]] - Six-year-old [[JonBenét Ramsey]] is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in [[Boulder, Colorado]]. * [[December 27]] - [[Taliban]] forces retake the strategic [[Bagram air base]], which solidifies their buffer zone around [[Kabul]]. * [[December 29]] - [[Guatemala]] and the leaders of the [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union]] sign a peace accord that ends a 36-year [[civil war]]. * [[December 30]] - In the [[India]]n state of [[Assam]], a passenger train is bombed by [[Bodo people|Bodo]] separatists, killing 26. * [[December 30]] - Proposed budget cuts by [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] spark protests from 250,000 workers, who shut down services across [[Israel]]. * [[December 31]] - The [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] is merged with the [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] to form the [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway]], making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history. ===Undated=== * [[General Motors EV1]] launched. The EV1 is the first electric car to go into mass production. ===Fictional=== The following are references to year 1996 in fiction: * The 1991 film ''[[Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man]]'' starting [[Mickey Rourke]] and [[Don Johnson]] takes place in 1996. ===Environmental=== *The [[invasive species]] [[Asian long-horned beetle]] is found in [[New York]]. <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT AS ARTICLES, see top note. --> {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Heisei]] 8}} ==Births== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related birthdates.--> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Mary Gibbs]], American actress * [[January 5]] - [[Max Baldry]], English/Russian actor * [[January 5]] - [[Emma Bolger]], Irish actress * [[January 29]] - [[Megan Jossa]], English actress * [[February 7]] - [[Mai Hagiwara]], Japanese singer * [[February 9]] - [[Jimmy Bennett]], American actor * [[February 17]] - [[Sasha Pieterse]], South African actress * [[February 19]] - [[Allen Alvarado]], American Actor * [[February 28]] - [[Bobbe' J. Thompson]], American actor * [[March 6]] - [[Savanah Stehlin]], American actress * [[March 18]] - [[Madeline Carroll]], American actress * [[April 14]] - [[Abigail Breslin]], American actress * [[April 17]] - [[Dee Dee Davis]], American actress * [[April 25]] - [[Allisyn Ashley Arm]], American actress * [[July 5]] - [[Dolly the Sheep]], first cloned mammal (d. [[2003]]) * [[July 23]] - [[Rachel G. Fox]], American actress * [[August 7]] - [[Tessa Allen]], American actress * [[August 17]] - [[Ella Cruz]], Filipina actress * [[August 21]] - [[Jamia Simone Nash]], American actress * [[September 8]] - [[Krystal Reyes]], Filipina actress * [[September 27]] - [[Princess Iman bint Al Abdullah II]] * [[October 3]] - [[Adair Tishler]], American actress * [[October 8]] - [[Kylee Russell]], American actress * [[October 28]] - [[Jasmine Jessica Anthony]], American actress * [[October 28]] - [[Naelee Rae]], American actress * [[November 3]] - [[Aria Wallace]], American actress * [[November 22]] - [[Madison Davenport]], American actress and singer * [[November 27]] - [[Alexandra Astin]], American actress * [[December 22]] - [[Makisig Morales]], Fillipino actor ==Deaths== ===January-June=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates.--> * [[January 2]] - [[Karl Targownik]], Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (b. [[1915]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Yahya Ayyash]], Palestinian terrorist (b. [[1966]]) * [[January 8]] - [[François Mitterrand]], [[President of France]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Fearless Nadia]], Indian actress and stuntwoman (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Sultan Rahi]], Pakistani film actor (b. [[1938]]) * [[January 15]] - [[Les Baxter]], American musician and composer (b. [[1922]]) * [[January 15]] - Paramount Chief [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]] (b. [[1938]]) * [[January 17]] - [[Barbara Jordan]], American politician (b. [[1936]]) * [[January 18]] - [[Leonor Fini]], Argentine artist (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 18]] - [[Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao]], Indian (Telugu) film actor (b. [[1923]]) * [[January 20]] - [[Gerry Mulligan]], American musician (b. [[1927]]) * [[January 25]] - [[Jonathan Larson]], American composer and playwright (b. [[1960]]) * [[January 26]] - [[Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg]], head of the [[House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (b. [[1921]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian-born poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1940]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Jerry Siegel]], American cartoonist (b. [[1914]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Gustave Solomon]], American mathematician and engineer (b. [[1930]]) * [[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 Tchaikovsky|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 (actor)|Phil Regan]], American actor (b. [[1906]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Amelia Rosselli]], Italian poet (b. [[1930]]) * [[February 12]] - [[Bob Shaw]], Irish writer (b. [[1931]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Bob Paisley]], English football manager (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 15]] - [[McLean Stevenson]], American actor (b. [[1929]]) * [[February 16]] - [[Edmund G. Brown]], Governor of California (b. [[1905]]) * [[February 16]] - [[Brownie McGhee]], American musician (b. [[1915]]) * [[February 16]] - [[Roger Bowen]], American actor (b. [[1932]]) * [[February 20]] - [[Tōru Takemitsu]], Japanese composer (b. [[1930]]) * [[February 21]] - [[Morton Gould]], American musician and composer (b. [[1913]]) * [[February 25]] - [[Haing S. Ngor]], Cambodian actor (murdered) (b. [[1940]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Mieczyslaw Weinberg]], Polish composer (b. [[1919]]) * [[March 3]] - [[Marguerite Duras]], French author and director (b. [[1914]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Minnie Pearl]], American comedian (b. [[1912]]) * [[March 9]] - [[George Burns]], American actor and singer (b. [[1896]]) * [[March 13]] - [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], Polish film director (b. [[1941]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Charlie Barnett (actor)|Charlie Barnett]], American actor (b. [[1954]]) * [[March 17]] - [[René Clément]], French film director (b. [[1913]]) * [[March 18]] - [[Odysseas Elytis]], Greek writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]]) * [[March 19]] - [[Virginia Henderson]], American nurse theorist (b. [[1897]]) * [[March 19]] - [[Chen Jingrun]], Chinese mathematician (b. [[1933]]) * [[March 25]] - [[John Snagge]], British radio personality (b. [[1904]]) * [[March 26]] - [[David Packard]], American engineer (b. [[1912]]) * [[March 29]] - [[Frank Daniel]], Czech-born writer, director, producer, teacher (b. [[1926]]) * [[March 31]] - [[Jeffrey Lee Pierce]], American musician ([[The Gun Club]] and [[The Cramps]]) (b. [[1958]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Florence Buchsbaum]], theater director and musician (b. [[1926]]) * [[April 3]] ** [[Carl Stokes]], American politician (b. [[1927]]) ** [[Herk Harvey]], American film director (b. [[1924]]) * [[April 4]] **[[Barney Ewell]], American athlete (b. [[1918]]) **[[Boone Guyton]], American test pilot (b. [[1913]]) **[[Larry LaPrise]], American songwriter (b. [[1912]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Greer Garson]], English actress (b. [[1904]]) * [[April 8]] - [[George W. Jenkins]], American businessman (b. [[1907]]) * [[April 20]] - [[Christopher Robin Milne]], English author and bookseller (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 21]] - [[Dzhokhar Dudaev]], Chechen President (b. [[1944]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Erma Bombeck]], American humorist and writer (b. [[1927]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Saul Bass]], American graphic designer (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 26]] - [[Stirling Silliphant]], American screenwriter and producer (b. [[1918]]) * [[May 5]] - [[Salli Terri]], Canadian mezzo-soprano (b. [[1922]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]], [[President of Nigeria]] (b. [[1904]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Rob Hall]], New Zealand mountaineer (b. [[1961]]) * [[May 15]] - [[Charles B. Fulton]], American judge (b. [[1910]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Kevin Gilbert]], American musician, composer, and record producer (b. [[1966]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Scott Brayton]], American race car driver (b. [[1959]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Jon Pertwee]], British actor (b. [[1919]]) * [[May 21]] - [[Paul Delph]], American musician and producer (b. [[1957]]) * [[May 22]] - [[Seymour H. Knox III]], hockey team owner (b. [[1926]]) * [[May 24]] - [[Jacob Druckman]], American composer (b. [[1928]]) * [[May 24]] - [[Joseph Mitchell]], American writer (b. [[1908]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Brad Nowell]], American musician (b. [[1968]]) * [[May 31]] - [[Timothy Leary]], American writer, psychologist, and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use (b. [[1920]]) * [[June 2]] - [[Ray Combs]], American game show host, and comedian (suicide) (b. [[1956]]) * [[June 2]] - [[Leon Garfield]], English children's author (b. [[1921]]) * [[June 6]] - [[George Davis Snell]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1903]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky]], Austrian painter (b. [[1906]]) * [[June 15]] - [[Ella Fitzgerald]], American singer (b. [[1917]]) * [[June 17]] - [[Thomas Kuhn]], American philosopher of science (b. [[1922]]) * [[June 19]] - [[G. David Schine]], American businessman (b. [[1927]]) * [[June 23]] - [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Veronica Guerin]], Irish journalist (murdered) (b. [[1958]]) * [[June 27]] - [[Albert R. Broccoli]], film producer (b. [[1909]]) ===July-December=== <!--Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display related dates.--> * [[July 1]] - [[William T. Cahill]], America politician (b. [[1912]]) * [[July 3]] - [[Raaj Kumar]], Indian film actor (b. [[1926]]) * [[July 5]] - [[Erik Wickberg]], Salvation Army general (b. [[1904]]) * [[July 12]] - [[Jonathan Melvoin]], musician (b. [[1961]]) * [[July 14]] - [[Jeff Krosnoff]], American race car driver (b. [[1964]]) * [[July 15]] - [[Dana Hill]], American actress (b. [[1964]]) * [[July 20]] - [[Frantisek Planicka]], Czech footballer (b. [[1904]]) * [[July 21]] - [[Herb Edelman]], American Actor (b. [[1933]]) * [[July 27]] - [[Jane Drew]], English architect (b. [[1911]]) * [[July 28]] - [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American naturalist and artist (b. [[1908]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Claudette Colbert]], American actress (b. [[1903]]) * [[August 1]] - [[Tadeus Reichstein]], Polish-born chemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1897]]) * [[August 2]] - [[Obdulio Varela]], Uruguayan footballer (b. [[1917]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Nevill Francis Mott]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1905]]) * [[August 11]] - [[Rafael Kubelík]], Czech-born conductor (b. [[1914]]) * [[August 13]] - [[David Tudor]], American pianist and composer (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 31]] - [[Blaine Johnson]], American Racecar Driver (b. [[1962]]) * [[September 1]] - [[Vagn Holmboe]], Danish composer (b. [[1909]]) * [[September 9]] - [[Bill Monroe]], American "father of [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]]" music (b. [[1911]]) * [[September 10]] - [[Hans List]], Austrian inventor and automotive pioneer (b. [[1896]]) * [[September 13]] - [[Tupac Shakur]], American rapper and actor also known as "2Pac" (b. [[1971]]) * [[September 17]] - [[Spiro Agnew]], American Vice President (b. [[1918]]) * [[September 20]] - [[Paul Erdős]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[1911]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Henri Nouwen]], Dutch Catholic priest and author (b. [[1932]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Geoffrey Wilkinson]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1926]]) * [[September 22]] - [[Dorothy Lamour]], American actress (b. [[1914]]) * [[September 23]] - [[Fujiko F. Fujio]], Japanese cartoonist (b. [[1933]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Nicu Ceauşescu]], son of [[Romania]]n leader [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] (b. 1951) * [[September 29]] - [[Leslie Crowther]], British TV comedian & game show host (b. [[1933]]) * [[October 1]] - [[Pat McGeown]], [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member (b. [[1956]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Silvio Piola]], Italian footballer (b. [[1913]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Larry Gene Bell]], American child murderer (executed by electric chair) * [[October 12]] - [[René Lacoste]], French tennis player (b. [[1904]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Eric Malpass]], English novelist (b. [[1910]]) * [[October 16]] - [[Jason Bernard]], American actor (b. [[1938]]) * [[October 24]] - [[Sorley Maclean]], Gaelic poet * [[October 27]] - [[Morey Amsterdam]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1908]]) * [[October 30]] - [[John Young]], British actor who worked with [[Monty Python]] * [[November 2]] - [[Eva Cassidy]], American vocalist (b. [[1963]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Abdullah Çatlı]], Turkish nationalist (b. [[1956]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Bokassa I of Central Africa|Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] of [[Central African Republic]]/[[Central African Empire|Empire]] (b. [[1921]]) * [[November 10]] - [[Yafeu Fula]], rapper (b. [[1977]]) * [[November 10]] - [[Imam Alimsultanov]], Chechen bard (b. [[1957]]) * [[November 11]] - [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Rufus Collins]], actor * [[November 14]] - [[Virginia Child Villiers, Countess of Jersey|Virginia Cherrill]], actress (b. [[1908]]) * [[November 15]] - [[Alger Hiss]], U.S. State Department official (b. [[1904]]) * [[November 18]] - [[Zinovi Gerdt]], Russian actor (b. [[1916]]) * [[November 21]] - [[Abdus Salam]], Pakistani physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1926]]) * [[November 26]] - [[Mark Lenard]], American actor (b. [[1924]]) * [[November 26]] - [[Paul Rand]], American graphic designer (b. [[1914]]) * [[November 30]] - [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]], American musician (b. [[1932]]) * [[December 3]] - [[Babrak Karmal]], [[President of Afghanistan]] (b. [[1929]]) * [[December 6]] - [[Pete Rozelle]], American commissioner of the National Football League (b. [[1926]]) * [[December 11]] - [[Willie Rushton]], English comedian, actor, and cartoonist (b. [[1937]]) * [[December 16]] - [[Quentin Bell]], English biographer and art historian (b. [[1910]]) * [[December 20]] - [[Carl Sagan]], American astronomer (b. [[1934]]) * [[December 25]] - [[JonBenét Ramsey]], child beauty queen and murder victim (b. [[1990]]) * [[December 30]] - [[Lew Ayres]], American actor (b. [[1908]]) ===Unknown dates=== * (none) == Ship events == * [[List of ship launches in 1996]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1996]] ==Nobel prizes== {{C20YearTOCright}} * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[David M. Lee]], [[Douglas D. Osheroff]], [[Robert C. Richardson]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Robert Curl]], [[Sir Harold Kroto]], [[Richard Smalley]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Peter C. Doherty]], [[Rolf M. Zinkernagel]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Wislawa Szymborska]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo]] and [[José Ramos-Horta]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[James Mirrlees]], [[William Vickrey]] ==Templeton Prize== * [[Bill Bright|William R. "Bill" Bright]] == Right Livelihood Award == * [[Herman Daly]], The [[Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia]], [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] and [[George Vithoulkas]] ==Fields Medal== * (unknown) ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== {{commonscat_left|1996}} [[Category:1996| ]] [[af:1996]] [[als:1990er#1996]] [[am:1996 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1996]] [[an:1996]] [[frp:1996]] [[ast:1996]] [[av:1996]] [[ay:1996]] [[az:1996]] [[bn:১৯৯৬]] [[zh-min-nan:1996 nî]] [[map-bms:1996]] [[be:1996]] [[be-x-old:1996]] [[bh:१९९६]] [[bs:1996]] [[br:1996]] [[bg:1996]] [[ca:1996]] [[cv:1996]] [[cs:1996]] [[co:1996]] [[cy:1996]] [[da:1996]] [[pdc:1996]] [[de:1996]] [[et:1996]] [[el:1996]] [[es:1996]] [[eo:1996]] [[eu:1996]] [[fa:۱۹۹۶ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1996]] [[hif:1996]] [[fr:1996]] [[fy:1996]] [[ga:1996]] [[gan:1996年]] [[gv:1996]] [[gd:1996]] [[gl:1996]] [[ko:1996년]] [[hy:1996]] [[hi:1996]] [[hr:1996.]] [[io:1996]] [[ig:1996]] [[ilo:1996]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৯৬]] [[id:1996]] [[ia:1996]] [[os:1996]] [[zu:1996]] [[is:1996]] [[it:1996]] [[he:1996]] [[jv:1996]] [[pam:1996]] [[kn:೧೯೯೬]] [[ka:1996]] [[csb:1996]] [[kk:1996]] [[kw:1996]] [[sw:1996]] [[ht:1996 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1996]] [[la:1996]] [[lv:1996]] [[lb:1996]] [[lt:1996 m.]] [[lij:1996]] [[li:1996]] [[ln:1996]] [[jbo:1996moi nanca]] [[lmo:1996]] [[hu:1996]] [[mk:1996]] [[mi:1996]] [[mr:इ.स. १९९६]] [[ms:1996]] [[nah:1996]] [[nl:1996]] [[nds-nl:1996]] [[cr:1996]] [[new:ई सं १९९६]] [[ja:1996年]] [[nap:1996]] [[no:1996]] [[nn:1996]] [[nrm:1996]] [[nov:1996]] [[oc:1996]] [[uz:1996]] [[pi:१९९६]] [[nds:1996]] [[pl:1996]] [[pt:1996]] [[ty:1996]] [[ksh:Joohr 1996]] [[ro:1996]] [[qu:1996]] [[ru:1996 год]] [[se:1996]] [[sq:1996]] [[scn:1996]] [[simple:1996]] [[sk:1996]] [[sl:1996]] [[so:1996]] [[sr:1996]] [[sh:1996]] [[su:1996]] [[fi:1996]] [[sv:1996]] [[tl:1996]] [[ta:1996]] [[tt:1996]] [[te:1996]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2539]] [[vi:1996]] [[tg:1996]] [[tpi:1996]] [[tr:1996]] [[tk:1996]] [[uk:1996]] [[vec:1996]] [[wa:1996]] [[wuu:公元1996年]] [[yo:1996]] [[zh-yue:1996年]] [[cbk-zam:1996]] [[bat-smg:1996]] [[zh:1996年]]