Important world events in 1996

Answer 1

== == July 1996- Jimmy Chaimberland, the drummer for the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, was arrested for posession

The group called Linkin Park became a band in this year

Dramatic

Flight 800 from New York crashes. Killing all aboard, July 18th

The Port Arthur Massacre in Hobart, Australia. lone gunman Martin Bryant randomly shoots 34 people dead during an 18-hour spree at the historic site in Tasmania

O.J. Simpson trial begins

Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer

Nintendo 64 Released

Cloned Sheep Dolly Created

Answer 2

Here are some of the many important events that took place during 1996.

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia temporarily gives power to Crown Prince Abdullah, his legal successor, due to illness.

One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 100 people. Philadelphia, PA receives a record 30.7 inches of snowfall.

A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital Kinshasa, killing 350.

Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya.

The North Cape Oil Spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The North Cape Barge is pulled along with it and leaks 820,000 gallons of home heating oil.

An Indonesian ferry sinks off the northern tip of Sumatra, drowning more than 100 people.

Yasser Arafat is re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority.

Whitewater scandal: U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.

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

An earthquake near Lijiang in southwest China, measuring up to 7 on the Richter scale, kills at least 240 people, injures more than 14,000 and makes hundreds of thousands homeless.

An IRA ceasefire ends with a half-tonne bomb in London's Canary Wharf District, killing 2 and causing over £85 million worth of damage.

Violent clashes erupt between Filipino soldiers and Vietnamese boat people, as the Philippines government attempts to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Vietnamese asylum seekers.

In South-West Wales, the oil tanker Sea Empress runs aground, spilling 73,000 tonnes of crude oil, killing many birds.

An IRA briefcase bomb in a bus kills the bomber and injures 9 in the West End of London.

Cuban fighter jets shoot down 2 American aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile group, Brothers to the Rescue. Cuban officials assert that they invaded Cuban airspace.

Two suicide bombs in Israel kill 27 and injure 80; Hamas claims responsibility.

Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to 5 sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to 17 hours.

Dunblane Massacre: Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing 16 students and 1 teacher before fatally shooting himself.

The British Government announces that Bovine spongiform encephalopathy has been likely transmitted to people.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake kills 62 and injures 110 people, and destroys 70 percent of the town of Pujili, Ecuador.

Massacres of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place, with more than 450 killed in a few days.

Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur, Tasmania tourist site, Australia.

1996 Everest Disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving 8 dead. By the end of the month, at least 4 other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date.

After takeoff from Miami, Florida, 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.

Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600.

The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.

In Manchester, UK, a massive IRA bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.

The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan.

Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland.

An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Japan reaches 6,000 fatalities, after a group of schoolchildren who have eaten contaminated lunches die.

The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills 1 and injures 111.

Osama bin Laden writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," a call for the removal of American forces from Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

The O.J. Simpson civil trial begins in Santa Monica, California.

A devastating category 4 Cyclone strikes Andhra pradesh, India. The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2,000 people die. 95 percent of the crops are completely destroyed.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26 directly, hundreds more from accidents

General Motors EV1 (the first electric car to go into mass production) is launched.

Answer 3

The most important events * Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia. * Bill Clinton wins re-election as President of the United States, beating Republican Bob Dole. * January 16 - Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane, but neither singer was injured. * January 18 - Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson. * January 29 - Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for "Favorite Overall Artist". Brooks says that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did. * February 4 - Former Milli-Vanilli member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood, California. Pilatus was attempting to steal the man's car. * February 14 - The Artist Formerly Known As Prince marries backup singer Mayte Garcia. * February 20 - Snoop Doggy Dogg and his bodyguard acquitted of first degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges and a mistrial is declared. * March 4 - The Beatles' second reunion song is released, as part of their first reuinion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is simply a finished version of a John Lennon demo from 1980; a song called Real Love. * March 13 - Ramones fans riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets only to find out that the show had been sold out. * March 16 - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men ends its 16th consecutive week at No. 1 with "One Sweet Day". It is the longest consecutive week stay at No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 history. * March 18 - The Sex Pistols announce that they are reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour. * March 28 - Phil Collins announces that he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career. * April 3 - M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy. * April 4 - The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the Ganges River in India. * April 15 - The remaining part of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. * April 24 - This Train, Rick Elias, Jimmy A, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends, Third Day & Ashley Cleveland perform a tribute concert for Rich Mullins at Nashville's Cafe Milano. Speakers included Reunion Records executive Terry Hemmings, record producer Reed Arvin, disc jockey Jon Rivers, & author Brennan Manning. * May 8 - In Los Angeles, California, a judge rules against Tommy Lee and wife actress Pamela Anderson Lee in their attempt to keep Penthouse magazine from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie which was stolen from their home. * July - The Smashing Pumpkins drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, is arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The other band members fire him because they said his "insidious battle with drugs and alcohol" had nearly ruined everything for the band. * August 6 - The Ramones play their last ever show at Lollapalooza. * September 7 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot 4 times in Las Vegas, Nevada while leaving the MGM Grand hotel, after seeing the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match, in what is apparently a drive-by shooting. * September 12 - Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles. * September 13 - Tupac Shakur died in hospital after his wounds from the Las Vegas, Nevada MGM Grand shooting. * November 7 - A category 4 cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh, India. Over 2000 people were killed and 95% of the crops were destroyed. * November 8 - After having first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film Hype!, a documentary on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences * Larry Ewing creates Tux, the Linux mascot. * Sildenafil patented.

Answer 4

Princess Diana and Prince Charles divorced.

Answer 5

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