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1996 Calendar

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•  January 9, 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighbouring Republic of Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
•  January 27, 1996 – In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
•  January 30, 1996 – Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit.
•  February 17, 1996 – NASA’s Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
•  February 19, 1996 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
•  February 24, 1996 – The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
•  April 3, 1996 – Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
•  July 18, 1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army’s base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers.
•  October 11, 1996 – Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.

•  February 7, 1996 – David Castro, American actor
•  February 9, 1996 – Jimmy Bennett, American actor
•  March 18, 1996 – Madeline Carroll, American actress
•  May 6, 1996 – Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
•  May 17, 1996 – Ryan Ochoa, American teen actor
•  June 7, 1996 – Jasper Harris, English actor
•  June 23, 1996 – Charlie Jones, British actor
•  July 1, 1996 – Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
•  September 15, 1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor
•  October 30, 1996 – Mizuki Fukumura, 9th generation member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume