Date: September 5, 1996
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 1996Taiwan Holds First Direct Elections, Elects Lee Teng-hui…
At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people. Date: February 15, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in…
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…
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. Date: December 30, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 30 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Signed Into…
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 1996Mount Everest Blizzard Kills Eight Climbers, May 10, 1996MV Bukoba Ferry Sinks in Lake Victoria,…
Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians. Date: May 20, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia…