The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. Date: June 25, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 25 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people. Date: June 15, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 15 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Garuda Indonesia flight 865 crashes during takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, killing three people and injuring 170. Date: June 13, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. Date: June 10, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. Date: June 4, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. Date: May 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day…
First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. Date: May 27, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting. Date: May 22, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)