WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1996
Find out what all happened May to November 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)

In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. (25. July 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 child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad. (29. July 1996)

Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. (24. September 1996)

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. (13. June 1996)

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

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

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)

Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. (10. 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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