52 events found for 1996
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.
Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N oil spill in Portland, Maine.
Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led…
Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
Millon Air Flight 406 crashes after takeoff from Eloy Alfaro International Airport in Manta, Ecuador, killing 34 people.