Mette: 1996

By jnorby
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    1996

  • Zareian cargo plane crashes in Kinshasa, 350 dead

  • Ryutaro Hashimoto elected Japanese Prime Minister

    Ryutaro Hashimoto elected Japanese Prime Minister

  • Jorge Sampio elected Portuguese President

  • North Cape Oil Spill

    North Cape Oil Spill

    82,000 gallons of home heating oil spilled in Rhode Island
  • Rent makes first public performance

    Rent makes first public performance

  • Earthquake (7.0) near Lijang, China kills 240, injures 1,400

  • Tupac releases 'All Eyez on Me'

    Tupac releases 'All Eyez on Me'

  • Intel708 rocket fails to launch properly

    Intel708 rocket veers off course seconds after take off in China

  • Ferry capsizes in Cádiz in the Philippines,54 dead

  • Leap Year

  • Daniel Green accused of killing James Jordan (Micheal Jordan's father)

  • People's republic of China begins surface to surface missile testing

  • Dunblane Massacre

    Dunblane Massacre

    Thomas Hamilton, former shopkeeper, walks into Dunblane Primary school and kills 16 infants and a teacher before killing himself.
  • Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup

    Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup

  • Britan's Mad Cow Scare

  • 68th Academy Awards

    68th Academy Awards

    Hosted by Whoopi Goldburg, 'Braveheart' wins best picture

  • Boeing 737 crashes in Croatia, kills 35

  • Operation Hawk

    Turkish military takes an armed offensive against the rebels in the Kurdish Worker Party

  • Major League Socer kicks off

    First Major League Soccer game ever is played in Spartan Stadium, San Jose Clash vs. D.C. United. San Jose wins 1-0

  • Operation Grapes of Wrath

    Israli Government launches massive and brutal attacks on Lebenon, in retaliation for prior terrorist attacks.

  • Isreal and Palistine drop similar clauses calling for the emilination of the other

  • Keck II dedicated in Hawaii

  • 1996 Everest Disaster

    1996 Everest Disaster

    A sudden freak storm engulfs the mountain and kills 8 people
  • Romer v. Evans

    Romer v. Evans

    Supreme Court rules against making it illegal in Colorado for any state, county, or town to recognize gays or lesbians as a protected class in any legislative, executive, or judicial way.
  • Mission: Impossible release

    Mission: Impossible release

  • Bradley Nowell (Sublime) dies of a drug overdose

    Bradley Nowell (Sublime) dies of a drug overdose

  • Ariane 5 explodes 40 seconds after takeoff

  • Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland

  • 81 day standoff with Montana Freeman and FBI agents ends

  • Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia

    Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia

  • Nintendo 64 released in Japan

    Nintendo 64 released in Japan

  • Khobar Towers bombing

    Khobar Towers bombing

  • The Who play at The Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park, London, for the first time since 1989

    The Who play at The Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park, London, for the first time since 1989

  • Independence Day Film

    Independence Day Film

    the movie Independence Day, starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman, is released.

  • Martina Hignis becomes youngest girl to win Wimbledon

  • E. coli outbreak in Japan, 6,000 fatalities

  • 1996 Summer Olympics begin

    1996 Summer Olympics begin

  • Centennial Olypic Park bombing

  • Summer Olypics conclude

  • Galileo discovers water on Jupiter's moons

  • Gorilla sits with injured boy after falling into gorilla enclosure

    Gorilla sits with injured boy after falling into gorilla enclosure

  • Clinton signs welfare reform into law

  • Prince and Princess of Wales officially divorced

  • U.S. launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq

  • Tupac Shakur shot four times in Las Vegas

  • Beast Wars first airs (Transformers)

  • Last of Ireland's Magdalene Asylums close

  • Taliban sieze Kabul

    Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul

  • Aeroperú Boeing 757 crashes in the Pacific, kills all 70 on board

  • O.J. Simpson Civil trail starts

    O.J. Simpson Civil trail starts

  • Marcopper Mine Disaster

  • MTV India launched

  • Slash officially leaves Guns N' Roses

    Slash officially leaves Guns N' Roses

  • Bill Clinton re-elected as U.S. President

    Bill Clinton re-elected as U.S. President

  • Space Jam released

    Space Jam released

  • Mother Theresa granted honorary U.S. citizenship

  • bomb explosion in Kaspyik, Russia kills 32

  • Martin Bryant sentenced

    35 life sentences plus 1035 years without parole
  • 101 Dalmations (live action) released

    101 Dalmations (live action) released

  • Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act

  • Madaline Albright 1st female U.S. Secretary of state

  • Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.

  • Steve Jobs' company NeXT is bought by Apple Computer

    Steve Jobs' company NeXT is bought by Apple Computer

  • The largest strike in South Korean history begins.