14 events found for 1996
Operation Grapes of Wrath: Israeli forces shelled Qana, Lebanon, killing at least 100 civilians and injuring more than 1
A spree shooter carried out the Port Arthur massacre, killing 35 people, and injuring 37 in Tasmania, prompting stricter
Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden t
After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the C
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, Engla
TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.
Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain…
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.
American rapper Tupac Shakur (pictured) was shot by an unknown assailant in Las Vegas, dying from his injuries six…
American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
The Defense of Marriage Act was passed by the United States Congress, prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex…
The Taliban drove Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, tortured and murdered former president Mohammad…
The Irish Criminal Assets Bureau was established following the gangland murders of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and…