WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1996
Find out what all happened April to September 1996

Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. (10. June 1996)

Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce. (28. August 1996)

The 1996 Lebanon war ends. (27. April 1996)

In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. (25. July 1996)

Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense. (28. April 1996)

The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is founded. (17. July 1996)

Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. (13. May 1996)

The last of the Magdalene asylums closes in Ireland. (25. September 1996)

In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. (27. September 1996)

The U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. (28. May 1996)

In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. (18. April 1996)

Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. (24. September 1996)

The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad. (29. July 1996)

In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 21 more. (28. April 1996)

The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest. (11. May 1996)

Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy (22. August 1996)

The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil. (27. September 1996)

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. (29. August 1996)

After the aircraft's departure from Miami, Florida, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators 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. (11. May 1996)

Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured. (27. July 1996)