1996 Calendar
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1996 Historical Event(s)
- January 29, 1996 – La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, is destroyed by fire.
- 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 6, 1996 – Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
- February 19, 1996 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
- June 12, 1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
- June 28, 1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
- July 18, 1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army’s base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers.
- September 28, 1996 – Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
- October 2, 1996 – Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
- December 29, 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Who Were Born On 1996?
- January 31, 1996 – Joel Courtney, American film actor
- February 1, 1996 – Alex Bausch, Pokemon League Champion and Sole Apocalypse Survivor
- February 7, 1996 – David Castro, American actor
- May 6, 1996 – Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
- June 7, 1996 – Jasper Harris, English actor
- June 18, 1996 – Jade-Lianna Peters, Chinese-born naturalized American television voice actress
- June 23, 1996 – Charlie Jones, British actor
- September 8, 1996 – Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress
- October 3, 1996 – Adair Tishler, American actress
- October 30, 1996 – Mizuki Fukumura, 9th generation member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume