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1996 Historical Event(s)
January 19, 1996
– The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
January 24, 1996
– Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
January 31, 1996
– Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
February 19, 1996
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
March 13, 1996
– Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.
March 18, 1996
– A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
May 11, 1996
– The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
August 23, 1996
– Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'
November 3, 1996
– Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).
December 30, 1996
– Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
Who Were Born On 1996?
January 5, 1996
– Max Baldry, English actor
February 9, 1996
– Jimmy Bennett, American actor
February 17, 1996
– Sasha Pieterse, South African/American actress
April 17, 1996
– Dee Dee Davis, American actress
May 6, 1996
– Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
June 23, 1996
– Charlie Jones, British actor
July 1, 1996
– Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
August 17, 1996
– Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
September 1, 1996
– Zendaya, American actress
December 22, 1996
– Makisig Morales, Filipino child actor