Year 1996 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1996

The year 1996 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1996 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
31 May	Benjamin Netanyahu became the Prime Minister of Israel.
19 June	Famous umpire Dickie Bird M.C.C. Awarded lifetime membership of.
23 June	Sheikh Hasina Wajed sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
01 July	The voluntary death statute in the northern province of Australia applies for the first time in the world.
04 July	Russian President Boris Yeltsin was re-elected President for four years.
11 September	For the first time in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union, a woman was elected as the Speaker.
24 September	Former US President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
27 September	Taliban fighters captured Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
04 October	Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi made history by scoring a century in 37 balls against Sri Lanka in One Day International cricket match. His record lasted for 19 years. AB de Villiers made his record on 18 January 2015 by scoring a century from only 31 balls.
08 October	At a conference held in Ottawa, about 50 countries agreed to ban landmines worldwide.
15 October	Fiji became the first country to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
16 October	The stampede caused 84 people to die and more than 180 injured as more people reached the stadium during a football match in Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City.
31 October	Approval of 65 countries required to implement the Chemical Weapons Restriction Treaty.
03 November	The brutal dictator of the Central African Republic Jan Bedel Bokassa died.
28 November	Captain Indrani Singh became the first woman to command the Airbus A-300 aircraft.
07 August	The possibility of the existence of one-celled organisms on Mars was discovered by the remains of a meteorite that fell on Earth 13 thousand years ago by American scientists.
22 August	The state government changed the name of Madras to Chennai.
28 August	Prince Charles of England and his wife Diana formally divorced.
29 August	All 141 people aboard the Vanukovo Airlines crash in the Spitsbergen hill of the Arctic island.
04 December	The US space agency NASA launched another spacecraft 'Mars Pathfounder' for Mars.
10 December	The famous Confederate and President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, signed a new constitution.
13 December	Kofi Annan was elected Secretary General of the United Nations.
17 December	National Football League was launched.
30 December	The last 36 years of civil war in Guatemala came to an end.
01 January	Singapore became the second developed country in Asia after Japan.
10 January	King Hussein of Jordan arrived in Tel Aviv, the country's largest city on his first public visit.
21 January	Nearly 340 people died after a boat capsized near Indonesia's Sumatra coast.
24 January	For the first time in US history, the country's first woman Hillary Clinton was ordered to appear in court.
31 January	A suicide attack in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo killed 91 people and injured more than 1,400.
10 February	IBM's supercomputer Deb Blue defeated world champion Mary Kasparov for the first time in chess.
29 February	After four years of continuous firing and attacks, the siege of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, ended.
06 March	Iraq accepted the 'Food for Food Plan' under the UN resolution, the Irish Republic Army declared a 25-year war with Britain, denying a quick ceasefire.
13 March	A gunman entered a school in Dunblane, Scotland, and opened fire, killing 16 children and their teacher.
17 March	Sri Lanka won the title by beating Australia by seven wickets in the final of the Cricket World Cup.
23 March	Li Teng Hui was elected as President in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan.
01 April	New Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, the world's largest bank formed by the merger of Bank of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Bank, commenced its operations.
08 January	Zirion cargo plane Kinshasa crashed in a crowded market, killing 300 people.
25 February	Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack in which 25 people were killed and 40 wounded by two suicide bombs in Israel.
02 March	Ranibima Royal College was established in Sri Lanka.
01 April	The city of Halifax was made a regional municipality in Nova Scotia.
13 May	A severe storm and a tornado killed 600 people in Bangladesh.
08 June	10th European Football Championship UEFA Euro 96) Started in England
01 July	In 1996, Germany's reform reform agreed internationally.
29 August	US President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were renamed at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
24 September	United Nations President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
02 October	Former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Andrey Lukyanov was assassinated.
16 November	Mother Teresa received honorary US citizenship
26 December	The biggest strike in South Korea's history began.
03 January	The Motorola StarTAC, the first clamshell mobile phone, was released and went on to become one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption.
05 January	The famous show “Show Boat” closed at Gershurin Theatre New York city.
06 January	A record of $65.2 million British lottery was won by 3 people.
08 January	No one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the 25 years. It was held for the 1st time that no one elected.
08 January	An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashed into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 237 on the ground.
09 January	First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launched raids in the city of Kizlyar, Republic of Dagestan, which turned into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
10 January	The Israel government sets free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
14 January	After 97 performances of “Swinging On a Star” closes at Music Box Theater New York City.
19 January	NHL approved move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix.
21 January	Rudy Galindo wins U.S. male Figure championship.
21 January	53th Golden Globes: The elites are Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman and John Travolta.
23 January	Chris Cairns, the New Zealand cricketer scored 120 in 96 balls in Test against Zimbabwe.
24 January	Germany celebrated Holocaust for the first time as Remembrance Day.
27 January	Germany celebrated Holocaust for the first time as Remembrance Day. It was amazing news for the country.
27 January	Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état.
29 January	In the cricket World Cup Kenya defeats West Indies by making all the players out in 93 runs.
31 January	Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake discovered Comet Hyakutake, which was one of the closest cometary approaches of the previous 200 years.
02 February	Ali Lanry, at the age of 22 from Lousinia crowned to the 45th Miss USA.
09 February	WYNY- FM that is in New York changes its calls to WKTU - FM in 1996.
10 February	The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
11 February	46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio.
15 February	A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satelliteIntelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang SatelliteLaunch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknownnumber of inhabitants.
16 February	Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi.
17 February	Netherlands played its first ODI vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup. Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47.
19 February	The first premier of Howard Stern Radio Show was held in February 19,1996 in York and Pennsylvania on WQXA 105, 7 FM.
21 February	Soyuz TM-23 got launched into its orbit.
22 February	Actress Halle Berry filed divorce from David Justice.
25 February	There is a close on “Father” at criterion Theatre, New York City after 52 performances.
27 February	The media franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the first version of the video game Pocket Monsters Aka and Midori.
28 February	38th Grammy Awards was held. Jagged Little Piill and Alanis Mouisette were the winners.
29 February	In the cricket World cup 1996, Kenya defeats West Indies by taking all wickets in 93 runs.
03 March	Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets and won Shell Trophy Final.
06 March	Sri Lankan batsman, Aravinda De Silva, scored 145 in World Cup at Kandy. Sri Lanka scored 5-398 after the end of 50 overs against Kenya.
09 March	Jayasuriya, the famous Sri Lankan cricketer, scored 82 off 44 balls against England in World Cup Quarter- Final.
11 March	To create the third century, Mark Waugh in the World Cup scored 110 runs against New Zealand.
13 March	Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergartens, their teacher and himself.
13 March	In the deadliest attack on children in the history of the United Kingdom, a spree killer murdered sixteen children and a teacher at a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland.
16 March	Nike Tysan again won the world championship as he defeated Frank Bruno. The match was only continued up to 2nd round.
17 March	Mike Tyson again won heavy weight Championship. He defeated Frank Beruna in the 3rd round.
18 March	50,000 swimmers raised 15 million for charity during BT’s Swimatgan 96.
18 March	The deadliest fire in Philippine history burned a nightclub inQuezon City, leaving 162 dead.
19 March	Winnie Mandela divorced Nelson Mandela of South Africa after 38 years of marriage.
20 March	The film, 'Love Te Neighbor', opens at the Booth Theater in New York City.
20 March	Eric and Lyle Menendez plead guilty to killing their parents.
20 March	The UK recognizes that humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease).
25 March	Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 Aus of Earth.
25 March	Michelle Kwan of the United States won the Ladies Figure Skating Championships in Edmonton.
25 March	Todd Eldredge of America won the Men's Figure Skating Championship.
27 March	New York City's Music Box Theater opens the "State Fair". It opened for 118 performances.
28 March	The program was open to seven guitars at Walter Kerr Threaten in New York City.
28 March	Katie Beam, who was a 17-year-old, Oklahoma born America's 35th Miss Teenage.
30 March	The New York Mets defeated the New York Yankees 5–3 in an exhibition game.
31 March	Midsummer Night's Dream' Lunt-Fontanne opens in New York City. This will perform for 66 demonstrations.
31 March	Space shuttle STS-76 (Atlantis 16) safely land.
01 April	Kentaki defeated Syrakuse 76-67 in the 58th NCAA men's baseball championship.
01 April	The Nova Scotia government ordered the people of the city's Helifax city to have sexual intercourse with more than 200 colleagues around them.
03 April	U.S. Air Force CT-43 crashed into a hill, crossing an instrumental approach to the Dubrovnic Airport at Dubrovanic, Croatia, killing US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and all other 3434 people.
03 April	An US Air Force CT-43 Dubrovnik, crashed into a hill while trying a tool approach to the Dubrovanic Airport in Croatia, killing Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 other people.
04 April	Inauguration of air in Royal Theater, New York City. It was opened for 45 demonstrations.
05 April	John Bobit has been placed under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days.
07 April	Sri Lanka won the signature cup held in Singapore. It defeated Pakistan in the final.
11 April	Attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane in the United States, the aircraft was flew by seven -year -old Jessica Dubrof, who crashed into Cheyen, Vyoming, which further Two others were killed.
14 April	Apple does not fall lyceum theater opens in the city of New York. This was the For1 performance.
15 April	Apple does not fall lyceum theate in New York City. It was closed after 1 performance.
15 April	The 100th Boston Marathon won Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2: 09: 12.6.
18 April	"Funny talk 'was released at St. James Theater in New York City. It lasted houseful for 715 days.
18 April	Israeli armies attacked Kana, Lebanon during Operation Grapasoff Anger, killing more than 100 civilians and injuring more than 110 children in a United Nations campus.
19 April	The Pepsi Cup was captured by South Africa as defeated Pakistan in the final.
21 April	Inauguration of "Dericate Bolns" at Primouth Theater in New York City.
23 April	Southerbi began 4 days of Jackie Osmium, with 24 million hits.
24 April	Belasco Jack in the city with John Barry had 12 performances open at night.
24 April	24 and 11 tigers were played in 11 years of baseball game. In this, he scored the highest point.
26 April	For Warwickshire, Sean Pollock took 4 wickets in 4 balls.
26 April	Jackie O 'Stuff's 4 -day long action ended at $ 34.5 million.
06 May	The leftist guerrillas of Guatemala signed a peace agreement with the government on 6 May 1996. The Government of Guatemala fought between the Government of Guatemala and various leftist groups from 1960 to 1996. Around 200,000 civilians were killed or missing during the conflict.
10 May	A telecom and multi-level marketing organization, Excel Communication, became the youngest company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10, 1996, trading under the Prateek (ECI).
11 May	A severe snowfall on Mount Everest caused the death of eight climbers, causing the deadliest in the history of the mountain that year.
13 May	On May 13, 1996, there was a wrath of strong thunderstorms and storms in Bangladesh. More than 600 people were killed during a series of storms in Jabalpur and Tangel districts on the evening of 13 May.
20 May	The US Supreme Court struck down laws in Colorado that would have prevented any jurisdiction in the state from taking any governmental action to protect homosexual citizens from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation.
20 May	The US Supreme Court struck down laws in Colorado that would have prevented any jurisdiction in the state from taking any governmental action to protect homosexual citizens from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation.
21 May	The Lake Victoria ferry MV Bukoba sank in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria on May 21, 2015. 1000 people were killed in this disaster including Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri who was second in command of al-Qaeda.
21 May	Algerian Civil War—The remains of seven French Trappist monks who were abducted in Algeria were found nearly two months ago.
04 June	The Ariane 5 woman failed in the flight, after launching the rocket after self -destructive 37 seconds, which was due to malfunction in incontrol software - one of the most expensive computer bugs in history.
12 June	H. , Deve Gowda won the trust vote in the Lok Sabha and ruled as the head of the United Front alliance. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Hassan constituency in Karnataka and is also the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) Party, and has strong support in the Vokkaliga community which is at the forefront of state politics.
13 June	After 81 days of deadlock to refuse to evict their closed assets in Jordan, Montana, the US, Montana Freeman of the Christianpatri Group surrendered to the FBI.
15 June	The Tribal - The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a truck bomb blast at the Commercial Center in Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and caused widespread damage to buildings.
26 June	Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin was murdered when she was locked in a traffic light that helped establish Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau.
05 July	The Dolly Sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. Dolly was a female domestic sheep and an adult was the first animal to be cloned to the somatic cell. This was done using the process of nuclear transfer. He was cloned by Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues.
17 July	The TWA Flight 800 exploded in the mid-hwa and fell into the Atlantic Ocean near Eastern Moriches, New York.
28 July	The remains of the prehistoric Kennevik man were discovered at the Ona Bank of the Colombia River near Washington, Kennevik, USA.
13 August	Belgian man Mark Dutrox was arrested for the kidnapping of 14 -year -old Latitia delhe, which revealed cases of many other victims and Belgian's eldest child.
18 August	900 million bees in Africa threatened fruit crops and African plants. The cause behind these deaths was fuse with bees imported from the cape.
28 August	Four years after separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorced.
25 September	The last Magdleen Sharan, an Irish institution, called 'fallen women', was closed.
28 September	Former Afghanistan President Mohammad Najibullah wasted and murdered by the Taliban.
16 October	The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification matchbetten Guatemala and Costa Rica were killed and more than 140 were injured in Gwatemala City's Estino Mateo Flores to see and injured more than 140.
03 November	Abdullah Atali, a drug traffic, a contract killer and ultra-nationalist Nationalist Movement Party ally, Susuraluk, Balikasir Province, Turkish in a car accident, who exposed the in-laws' scandal, which exposed the in-laws scandal, which exposed the state's complex unorganized offense Exposed the depth.
07 November	NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Canedi Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
12 November	A Saudi Arabia Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlinesargo aircraft collided in the middle air near New Delhi, killing 349 people.
21 November	Lebanese politician Pierre Amine Gemael, Syrian military appearance and political domination of Lebanon, were murdered in JDIh.
18 December	1 Test cricket match between Zimbabwe and England starts
18 December	The School Board of Okland, California officially passed a controversial to declare African American Vernacular English as an aseparete language or dialect.
19 December	Once Upon A Mattress, 187 opens in Broadharst New York City for performance.
26 December	Six -year -old American beauty queen Johnbenet Ramsi Colorado was hijacked and strangled to the basement of his family's house in Colorado's boulder, a murder that caused extensive coverage from Americanmadia.
26 December	The union of the Korean trade unions called for its 1.2 million members to walk from their jobs, which started the country's largest organized sector,

Event__Date	Incident/Event
16 May	Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the tenth Prime Minister of India.
01 June	Hardanahalli Dode Gowda Dev Gowda H.D. Dev Gowda) became the 11th Prime Minister of India.
29 July	Aruna Asaf Ali, who contributed to the Indian freedom struggle, passed away.
21 April	Sanjay Thapar of the Indian Air Force was landed on the Northern Dhruv by parachute.
18 February	Kenya plays the first full One Day International Match in the Cricket World Cup against team India.
02 March	Indian cricket legend, Sachin Tendulkar scored 137 against SL in Cricket World Cup. But India lost in the match.
13 March	Sri Lanka beats India in World cup semi final as riots stop play.
23 November	The Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 was kidnapped, then crashed into the Indian Ocean near Comoros after exiting the fuel, killing 125 ofthe 175 people.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
18 July	Smriti Mandhana / Player / India
March	Neeru Chadha / Lawyer / India
05 June	Apoorva Arora / Actress / India
07 August	Aditya Joshi / Badminton Player / India
18 July	Smriti Mandhana / Player / India

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