WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1996
Find out what all happened June to October 1996

The United States Congress passes an Amendment that bars the possession of firearms for people who were convicted of domestic violence, even misdemeanor level. (30. September 1996)

Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.' (23. August 1996)

Battle of Mullaitivu: the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers. (18. July 1996)

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport. (15. July 1996)

The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law. (28. June 1996)

TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board. (17. July 1996)

The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. (7. October 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)

Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children. (11. October 1996)

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

Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. (14. August 1996)

The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. (4. June 1996)

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

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

Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. (5. July 1996)

The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom. (15. June 1996)

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. (2. October 1996)

Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban. (28. September 1996)

Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70. (2. October 1996)

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