NASA Discovery Program Begins: NEAR Shoemaker Launches to 433 Eros, February 17, 1996
Date: February 17, 1996
Date: February 17, 1996
The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. Date: June 13, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996TWA Flight 800 Explodes Off Long Island, Killing 230 – July 17, 1996Airborne Express…
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. Date: August 29, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Czech Republic Applies for…
Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention. Date: August 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
A United States Air Force Boeing T-43 crashes near Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia, killing 35, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown. Date: April 3, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Germany Observes First International…
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 1996Billy Bailey Last Hanged in the United States January 25, 1996North Cape Oil Spill on…
Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757. Date: February 6, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More…