Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
1996 Historical Event(s)
January 3, 1996
– The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale.
January 11, 1996
– Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
February 10, 1996
– The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time.
February 19, 1996
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
May 6, 1996
– The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
June 13, 1996
– The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
October 11, 1996
– Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.
November 23, 1996
– Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
December 20, 1996
– NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
December 30, 1996
– In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
Who Were Born On 1996?
January 31, 1996
– Joel Courtney, American film actor
February 7, 1996
– Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
February 17, 1996
– Sasha Pieterse, South African/American actress
March 9, 1996
– Darsheel Safary, Indian actor
April 25, 1996
– Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress
June 27, 1996
– Tanay Chheda, Indian actor
July 22, 1996
– Skyler Gisondo, American actor
July 23, 1996
– Rachel G. Fox, American actress
August 17, 1996
– Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
August 21, 1996
– Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress