Date: September 5, 1996
Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City. Date: October 16, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996NASA Discovery Program Begins: NEAR Shoemaker Launches…
Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others. Date: April 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125. Date: November 23, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Whitewater…
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-78 to conduct life science and microgravity research aboard the Spacelab module. Date: June 20, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Sri Lanka Central Bank Truck Bombing Kills 86,…
New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First. Date: October 12, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On…
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people. Date: March 18, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Signed Into Law, April 24, 1996Copernicium Discovered by Sigurd…