WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1996
Find out what all happened February to July 1996

At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people. (15. February 1996)

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

The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas, kidnapped during the Algerian Civil War and held for two months, are found dead. (21. May 1996)

Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts. (18. June 1996)

A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines killed 162 people. (18. March 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 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. (25. June 1996)

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

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

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

Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. (6. February 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 Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. (13. June 1996)

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

Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President. (23. 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)

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

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. (12. June 1996)

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

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