A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day. Date: May 10, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. Date: May 6, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense. Date: April 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. Date: April 24, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four people are killed and 75 are injured in a train accident in Jokela, Finland. Date: April 21, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more. Date: April 18, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events…
Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon. Date: April 13, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. Date: April 4, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)