WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1996
Find out what all happened June to December 1996

NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. (7. November 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)

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)

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

84 people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. (16. October 1996)

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

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

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

Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland. (3. July 1996)

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125. (23. November 1996)

War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed. (4. September 1996)

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

Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever: the Saguenay Flood. (18. July 1996)

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

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

Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP). (3. November 1996)

NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X. (20. December 1996)

The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man. (28. July 1996)

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

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