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Events

January_1 - Curacao gains limited self-government.

January_5 - Hamas operative Yahya_Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell_phone.

January_7 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits eastern states killing more than 100.

January_14 - Jorge_Sampaio is elected president of Portugal.

January_20 - Yasser_Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian_Authority.

January_22 - Andreas_Papandreou, Prime_Minister_of_Greece resigns due to health problems. New government formed under Costas_Simitis.

January_24 - Polish Premier Jozef_Oleksy resigns amid charge he spied for Moscow.

testifies before a grand jury.

January_27 - Colonel Ibrahim_Bare_Mainassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger Mahamane_Ousmane in a military coup.

January_29 - President Jacques_Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear_testing.

January_30 - Suspected leader of the Irish_National_Liberation_Army Gino_Gallagher is killed while in line for his unemployment benefit.

January_31 - An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri_Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.

, Hussein_Kamel, returns to Iraq. Within days of his return, he is murdered along with his brother, father, sister and her children. Kamel had forced Iraq to reveal portions of its illegal nuclear and chemical weapons programs.

February_1 - Communications_Decency_Act is passed by the United_States_Congress.

February_8 - The Telecom_Reform_Act is signed into law by United_States_President Bill_Clinton

February_10 - Deep_Blue defeats Garry_Kasparov for the first time.

February_17 - In Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania, world champion Garry_Kasparov beats the "Deep_Blue" supercomputer in a chess match.

March - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to 17 hours.

March_11 - John_Howard becomes the twenty-fifth Prime Minister of Australia.

March_13 - The Dunblane_Massacre.

March_14 - American President Bill_Clinton commits $100 million to an anti-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.

March_20 - In Los_Angeles,_California, Erik_and_Lyle_Menendez are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.

March_23 - The Republic_of_China on Taiwan holds its first direct elections for president. Lee_Teng-hui is reelected.

March_25 - An 81-day long standoff between antigovernment Freemen in Jordan,_Montana and federal officers begins.

March_26 - The International_Monetary_Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform.

April_3 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore_Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.

April_6 - An overflow crowd of 31,683 at Spartan_Stadium witnessed the historic first game for Major_League_Soccer. San Jose Clash forward Eric_Wynalda scored the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over D._C._United.

April_18 - Over 100 Lebanese civilians were killed after Israel shelled the UN compoUNd in Qana. ''See Qana_Massacre.''

May_11 - After taking-off from Miami, a fire started by improperly-handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet_Flight_592 causes the Douglas_DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.

May_13 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kills 600.

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 homosexuals.

May_23 - Swede Göran_Kropp reaches Mount_Everest summit alone without oxygen after having bicycled there from Sweden.

n President Boris_Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.

May-June - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents.

June - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the U.S. fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.

June_6 - The sons of Darlie_Routier, Damon and Devon are stabbed to death in their Rowlett, Texas home. Their mother would later be convicted of the murder.

June_15- A large bomb explosion devastates Manchester City Centre.

June_25 - 19 U.S. servicemen are killed at Khobar_Towers_bombing in Saudi_Arabia.

June_30 - Costas_Simitis is elected President of the Panhellenic_Socialist_Movement of Greece.

i officials.

July_5 - Dolly_the_sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born.

could abrogate the Oslo_Accords, and pursue a permanent annexation of the West_Bank and the Gaza_Strip, among other policies. The paper had been prepared for him by Richard_Perle, Donald_Rumsfeld, Doug_Feith, David_Wurmser and John_Bolton.

July_17 - Off the coast of Long_Island,_New_York, a Paris-bound Boeing_747 carrying TWA_flight_800 explodes killing all 230 on board.

July_18 - 21 - Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay_River in Quebec, in one of Canada's most costly natural_disasters.

July_27 - The Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing at the 1996_Summer_Olympics kills one and injures 111.

July_29 - The child protection portion of the Communications_Decency_Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a US federal court.

July_31 - MIL-STD-1750A was declared inactive for use in new designs.

August_6 - NASA announces that the ALH_84001 meteorite thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

August_28 Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High_Court in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled, Diana,_Princess_of_Wales.

and capture Arbil.

n Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.

September_7 - In Las_Vegas,_Nevada, actor and recording artist Tupac_Shakur is shot several times after attending a boxing match.

September_22 - The Panhellenic_Socialist_Movement under the leadership of Costas_Simitis succeeds in the Greek legislative election, 1996.

September_25 - The last of the Magdalen_Asylums was closed in Ireland.

September_27 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin_Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad_Najibullah.

October_2 - The Electronic_Freedom_of_Information_Act_Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill_Clinton.

October_31 - Ireland's first Irish language television channel, TG4 (formerly ''Teilifís na Gaeilge'') begins broadcasting.

October/November (sources vary) - Al-Jazeera, Arabic television news channel based in Qatar, starts broadcasting.

November - Bill_Clinton defeats Bob_Dole in the U.S. presidential election.

November - Iraq_disarmament_crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country.

incumbent Bill_Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob_Dole to win his second term.

November_7 - NASA launches the Mars_Global_Surveyor.

November_16 - Mother_Teresa receives honorary US citizenship.

November_18 - World-renowned bird expert Tony_Silva is sentenced to seven years in prison without parole for leading an illegal parrot smuggling ring.

December_2 - US President Bill_Clinton signs Electronic_Freedom_of_Information_Act_Amendments.

December_5 - Federal_Reserve_Board Chairman Alan_Greenspan gives a speech in which he suggests that "irrational_exuberance" may have "unduly escalated asset values".

December_12 - Uday_Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.

December_26 - JonBenét_Ramsey, a six-year-old beauty queen, was found murdered in her family's basement in Boulder,_Colorado.

December_27 - Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram_air_base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.

December_29 - Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan_National_Revolutionary_Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36 year a civil_war.

December_30 - In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists killing 26.

December_30 - Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin_Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

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id_Software releases the first_person_shooter computer_game Quake.

The O._J._Simpson trial begins.

Martina_Hingis youngest person in history (age 16) to win at Wimbledon (Ladies_Doubles event).

Summer_Olympic_Games in Atlanta,_Georgia, USA.

A bomb goes off at the Olympic Games in Atlanta,_Georgia killing one person. The media and investigators almost immediately focus their attention on security guard Richard_Jewell, but later clear him as a suspect.

Web_comic Sabrina_Online first published.

Ask_Jeeves formed

Year in topic

1996_in_film

''The English Patient''

''Fargo''

January_28 - Super_Bowl_XXX Dallas_Cowboys (27) def. Pittsburgh_Steelers (17)

1996_in_television

The O._J._Simpson civil trial begins

Zenith introduces the first HDTV-compatible front projection TV in the U.S.. Broadcasters, TV & PC manufacturers set industry standards for digital HDTV.

Over a billion households worldwide now own television sets.

Births

July_5 - Dolly_the_sheep, the world's first cloned mammal

Deaths

January_5 - Yahya_Ayyash, terrorist

January_8 - François_Mitterrand, French politician and President_of_France.

January_17 - Amber_Hagerman, kidnapping, murder victim (b. 1986)

January 17 - Barbara_Jordan, politician

January_20 - Gerry_Mulligan, musician

January_28 - Jerry_Seigel, cartoonist, creator of "Superman"

February_3 - Audrey_Meadows, actress

February_6 - Guy_Madison, actor

February_11 - Amelia_Rosselli, poet.

February_11 - Bob_Shaw, science_fiction writer.

February_11 - Cyril_Poole, English cricket player.

February_11 - Kebby_Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia (1985-1989).

February_11 - Phil_Regan, actor

February_16 - Edmund_G._Brown, Governor_of_California

February_16 - Brownie_McGhee, blues singer

February_20 - Toru_Takemitsu, composer

February_25 - Haing_S._Ngor, actor

March_4 - Minnie_Pearl, country_music performer

March_9 - George_Burns, actor, singer

March_10 - Ross_Hunter, producer

March_13 - Krzysztof_Kieslowski, film director

March_17 - René_Clément, French film director

March_26 - David_Packard, engineer

April_6 - Greer_Garson, actress

April_22 - Erma_Bombeck, humorist, writer

April_26 - Stirling_Silliphant, writer, producer

May_5 - Salli_Terri, mezzo soprano

May_20 - Jon_Pertwee, actor

May_25 - Brad_Nowell, musician

May_31 - Paul_Peter_Piech, artist

June_2 - Ray_Combs, game_show host, comedian

June_6 - Damon_Routier, son of Darlie_Routier

June_6 - Devon_Routier, son of Darlie_Routier

June_15 - Ella_Fitzgerald, jazz singer

June_19 - G._David_Schine, investigator and businessman

June_23 - Andreas_Papandreou, Greek politician.

July_28 - Roger_Tory_Peterson, naturalist, artist, educator

July_30 - Claudette_Colbert, actress

August_13 - David_Tudor, pianist and composer

September_13 - Tupac_Shakur, rapper, poet, actor

November_30 - Tiny_Tim, musician

December_11 - Willie_Rushton, UK comedian, satirist, actor and cartoonist

December_20 - Carl_Sagan - US astronomer

unknown date

Thomas_Kuhn, philosopher of science

Paul_Rand, famous American graphic_designer of corporate Logos

Nobel_Prizes

Physics - David_M._Lee, Douglas_D._Osheroff, Robert_C._Richardson

Chemistry - Robert_Curl, Sir_Harold_Kroto, Richard_Smalley

Medicine - Peter_C_Doherty, Rolf_M_Zinkernagel

Literature - Wislawa_Szymborska

Peace - Carlos_Felipe_Ximenes_Belo and Jose_Ramos-Horta

Economics - James_Mirrlees, William_Vickrey

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