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1996 - Definition and Overview |
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1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty.
Events
January
February
- February - Iraq disarmament crisis: Recently defected Iraqi weapons program leader and son-in-law to Saddam Hussein, Hussein Kamel, returns to Iraq. Within days of his return, he is murdered along with his brother, father, sister and her children. Kamel had forced Iraq to reveal portions of its illegal nuclear and chemical weapons programs.
- February 1 - Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- February 4 - Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time low 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 with 1 one-ton bomb in London's Canary Wharf district - 2 dead.
- February 10 - Chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
- 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 and injures 9 in London West End.
- February 29 - Daniel Green convicted of murder of James R. Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan.
March
April
May
June
July
- July - Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. Inspector Ritter attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport, but is blocked by Iraqi officials.
- July 5 - Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born.
- July 8 - Martina Hingis youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon (Ladies Doubles event).
- July 8 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a hand-delivered document, "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Security the Realm," spelling out how Israel could abrogate the Oslo Accords, and pursue a permanent annexation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, among other policies. The paper had been prepared for him by Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld, Doug Feith, David Wurmser and John Bolton.
- July 17 - Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound Boeing 747 carrying TWA flight 800 explodes killing all 230 on 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 child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a US federal court.
- July 31 - MIL-STD-1750A was declared inactive for use in new designs.
August
September
October-November
December
Unknown date
Year in topic
Births
Deaths
January-February
- January 2 - Karl Targownik, Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist
- January 5 - Yahya Ayyash, terrorist
- January 8 - François Mitterrand, French politician and President of France.
- January 17 - Amber Hagerman, kidnapping, murder victim (b. 1986)
- January 17 - Barbara Jordan, politician
- January 18 - Leonor Fini, Argentinian/Italian artist
- January 20 - Gerry Mulligan, musician
- January 28 - Jerry Siegel, cartoonist, creator of "Superman"
- February 2 - Gene Kelly, actor
- February 3 - Audrey Meadows, actress
- February 6 - Guy Madison, actor
- February 11 - Amelia Rosselli, poet.
- February 11 - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer.
- February 11 - Cyril Poole, English cricket player.
- February 11 - Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia (1985-1989).
- February 11 - Phil Regan, actor
- February 16 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California
- February 16 - Brownie McGhee, blues singer
- February 20 - Toru Takemitsu, composer
- February 25 - Haing S. Ngor, actor
March-June
- March 4 - Minnie Pearl, country music performer
- March 9 - George Burns, actor, singer
- March 10 - Rosse Hunter, producer
- March 13 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director
- March 17 - René Clément, French film director
- March 26 - David Packard, engineer
- April 4 - Larry LaPrise, songwriter
- April 4 - Barney Ewell, American athlete
- April 6 - Greer Garson, actress
- April 20 - Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne, basis for the Winnie the Pooh character Christopher Robin
- April 22 - Erma Bombeck, humorist, writer
- April 26 - Stirling Silliphant, writer, producer
- May 5 - Salli Terri, mezzo soprano
- May 17 - Kevin Gilbert, musician, composer and record producer
- May 20 - Jon Pertwee, actor
- May 24 - Joseph Mitchell, American writer
- May 25 - Brad Nowell, musician
- May 31 - Paul Peter Piech, artist
- June 2 - Ray Combs, game show host, comedian
- June 6 - Damon Routier, son of Darlie Routier
- June 6 - Devon Routier, son of Darlie Routier
- June 15 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer
- June 17 - Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of science
- June 19 - G. David Schine, investigator and businessman
- June 23 - Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician.
July-December
- July 28 - Roger Tory Peterson, naturalist, artist, educator
- July 30 - Claudette Colbert, actress
- August 11 - Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (b. 1914)
- August 13 - David Tudor, pianist and composer
- September 13 - Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor
- October 4 - Silvio Piola, 83, all-time highest Serie A goalscorer
- November 26 - Paul Rand, famous American graphic designer of corporate logos
- November 26 - Mark Lenard, actor
- November 30 - Tiny Tim, musician
- December 6 - Alvin "Pete" Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926)
- December 11 - Willie Rushton, UK comedian, satirist, actor and cartoonist
- December 20 - Carl Sagan - US astronomer
- Herman Daly, The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia, Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat and George Vithoulkas
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Example Usage of 1996 |
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architectmark: my 1996 website teaching people in #vectorworks (minicad) archived at http://web.archive.org/web/19970107105334/http://www.convrgence.com/ |
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forkas411: When the Story of Intelligent Life came to me in 1996 I knew it could never be seen as a Commercial Project so, I printed & distributed it. |
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LondonBmwFan: bmw e36 328i convertible with hard top 1996 N Reg (east london, Price: £2,300): Bmw 328I Sport Convertible Manu.. http://snipurl.com/tbzt5 |
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