Date: May 11, 1996
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76. Date: March 22, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Long March 3B Intelsat 708 Crash in China, February 15, 1996Brothers to the Rescue…
The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people. Date: February 9, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1996Boris…
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 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) More events from 1996Whitewater Fraud Convictions: McDougal, Tucker, Clinton Associates…
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) More events from 1996Israeli Helicopter…
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) More events from 1996Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 Crashes in Spitsbergen, 141 Killed, August 29, 1996Antonov An-32 Crashes…