WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1996
Find out what all happened January to July 1996

Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his cabin in Montana, United States. (3. April 1996)

In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane. (27. January 1996)

The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. (6. May 1996)

An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins. (25. March 1996)

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

In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law. (24. April 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)

A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days. (4. March 1996)

Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake. (31. January 1996)

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

La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire. (29. January 1996)

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

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

The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. (10. February 1996)

The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. (17. January 1996)

Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 primary school children and one teacher are shot dead by spree killer Thomas Watt Hamilton who then commits suicide. (13. March 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)

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. (13. June 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)

The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act. (8. February 1996)