A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81. Date: November 20, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Beechcraft 1900 and a Beechcraft King Air collide at Quincy Regional Airport in Quincy, Illinois, killing 14. Date: November 19, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle program: Columbia is launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles. Date: November 19, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on…
A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel. Date: November 18, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number, Date: November 13, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 in the deadliest mid-air collision to date. Date: November 12, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
ADC Airlines Flight 086 crashes into the Lagos Lagoon in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, killing all 144 people on board. Date: November 7, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. Date: November 7, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States. Date: November 5, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly. Date: November 5, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)