WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1996
Find out what all happened October to December 1996

Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war. (29. December 1996)

Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. (26. December 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)

Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. (30. December 1996)

NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. (7. November 1996)

An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers. (25. November 1996)

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

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

Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan. (27. December 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)

Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire. (19. November 1996)

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

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

The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. (7. October 1996)

Humberto Vidal Explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes. (21. November 1996)

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date. (12. November 1996)

Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan. (5. November 1996)

Start of the largest strike in South Korean history. (26. December 1996)

In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26. (30. December 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)