320 notable events from 1996 — murders, air crashes and bombings. Page 1 of 4.
- Murder of Kristin Smart
May 25, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1996 Mount Everest disaster
May 1996 · Nepal · Death & funeral
- Killing of JonBenét Ramsey
Dec 26, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of José Rafael Llenas Aybar
May 4, 1996 · Dominican Republic · Murder & homicide
- Futoshi Matsunaga
Jan 1, 1996–Jan 1, 1998 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- TWA Flight 800
Jul 17, 1996 · United States · Aviation accident
- Darlie Routier
Jun 6, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft
Feb 24, 1996 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- Amber alert
Jan 13, 1996 · Poland · Kidnapping & hostage
- Murder of Tupac Shakur
Sep 13, 1996 · United States · Shooting
- ValuJet Flight 592
May 11, 1996 · United States · Aviation accident
- Dunblane massacre
Mar 13, 1996 · United Kingdom · Shooting
- Martin Bryant
Apr 29, 1996 · Massacre
- Port Arthur massacre
Apr 28, 1996 · Australia · Shooting
- 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
Nov 12, 1996 · India · Aviation accident
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
Nov 23, 1996 · Comoros · Aviation accident
- John du Pont
Jan 26, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- First Congo War
Oct 24, 1996–May 16, 1997 · DR Congo · War & armed conflict
- Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Jul 27, 1996 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of the monks of Tibhirine
Mar 1996 · Algeria · Terrorism
- Birgenair Flight 301
Feb 6, 1996 · Dominican Republic · Aviation accident
- Aeroperú Flight 603
Oct 2, 1996 · Peru · Aviation accident
- Michael Alig
Mar 17, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Kelly Anne Bates
Apr 16, 1996 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Japanese embassy hostage crisis
Dec 17, 1996–Apr 22, 1997 · Peru · Kidnapping & hostage
- Megan Huntsman child murders
Jan 1, 1996–Jan 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Khobar Towers bombing
Jun 25, 1996 · Saudi Arabia · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
Dec 23, 1996 · Ireland · Murder & homicide
- Nepalese Civil War
Feb 13, 1996–Nov 21, 2006 · Nepal · War & armed conflict
- Chevie Kehoe
Jan 11, 1996 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402
Oct 31, 1996 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Mass Transit incident (professional wrestling)
Nov 23, 1996 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- 1996 Manchester bombing
Jun 15, 1996 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Giuseppe Di Matteo
Jan 11, 1996 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Romer v. Evans
May 20, 1996 · United States · Crime & justice
- 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident
Sep 17, 1996 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Ozone Disco fire
Mar 18, 1996 · Philippines · Fire
- Murder of Junko Kobayashi
Sep 9, 1996 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Claremont serial killings
Jan 27, 1996–Mar 14, 1997 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Wayne C. Doty
Apr 20, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Kendall Francois
Oct 1, 1996–Aug 26, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Tomasz Komenda case
Dec 31, 1996 · Poland · Crime & justice
- Eastwind Airlines Flight 517
Jun 9, 1996 · United States · Aviation accident
- Sabine Dardenne
May 28, 1996 · Attack (other)
- Michael Stone (criminal)
Jul 9, 1996 · Attack (other)
- Battle of Grozny (August 1996)
Aug 6, 1996–Aug 20, 1996 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Jessie Hoffman Jr.
Nov 26, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Gary Triano
Nov 1, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Cleveland Browns relocation controversy
1996 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Ariane flight V88
from Jun 4, 1996 · French Guiana · Incident
- Angélique Dumetz case
Oct 1996 · France · Crime & justice
- Dustin Higgs
Jan 27, 1996 · Attack (other)
- 1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash
Jan 8, 1996 · DR Congo · Aviation accident
- 1996 Madrid Taxi Aéreo Learjet 25 crash
Mar 2, 1996 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Killing of Sharon Lopatka
Oct 16, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Irving v Penguin Books Ltd
Sep 5, 1996–Apr 11, 2000 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
- Murder of Angie Dodge
Jun 13, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Koike Ryuichi case
1996 · Japan · Incident
- 1996 Croatia USAF Boeing CT-43 crash
Apr 3, 1996 · Croatia · Aviation accident
- Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
Jan 9, 1996 · Russian Federation · Kidnapping & hostage
- Murder of Karyn Hearn Slover
Sep 27, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Hiroshima taxi driver serial murders
Apr 18, 1996 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Nada Cella
May 6, 1996 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Blair Adams
Jul 11, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Delta Air Lines Flight 1288
Jul 6, 1996 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Janet March
Aug 15, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 865
Jun 13, 1996 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Levan Haroyan
Jan 1, 1996–Jan 1, 2002 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Robert Fry (murderer)
Jan 1, 1996–Jan 1, 2000 · Murder & homicide
- Butcher of Mons
Jan 1, 1996–Jan 1, 1997 · Belgium · Massacre
- United Express Flight 5925
Nov 19, 1996 · United States · Aviation accident
- Benjamin Schreiber (criminal)
Jul 27, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Düsseldorf Airport fire
Apr 11, 1996 · Germany · Fire
- Susurluk scandal
Nov 3, 1996 · Türkiye · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Patrick Warren and David Spencer
Dec 27, 1996 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- 1996 Docklands bombing
Feb 9, 1996 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Qana massacre
Apr 18, 1996 · Lebanon · Massacre
- Ikebukuro Station university student murder case
Apr 11, 1996 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Melanie Hall
Jun 9, 1996 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Damien Nettles
Nov 2, 1996 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- Disappearance of Liam Vanden Branden
May 3, 1996 · Belgium · Disappearance
- Nanjing University mutilation case
Jan 1996 · China · Murder & homicide
- Ruslan Labazanov
Jun 1, 1996 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Xerox affair
Jun 19, 1996 · Russian Federation · Scandal & controversy
- Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801
Aug 29, 1996 · Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Aviation accident
- Murder of Heather Rich
Oct 3, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Kidnapping of Reemtsma
Mar 25, 1996–Apr 26, 1996 · Germany · Kidnapping & hostage
- Adachi headless murder case
Jan 1996 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1996 Frontier Middle School shooting
Feb 2, 1996 · United States · Shooting
- Colombo Central Bank bombing
Jan 31, 1996 · Sri Lanka · Bombing & explosion
- Airborne Express Flight 827
Dec 22, 1996 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Juli Busken
Dec 20, 1996 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Shatoy ambush
Apr 16, 1996 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Marion Wagon disappearance
Nov 14, 1996 · France · Disappearance
- Nago City girl abduction and murder incident
Jun 21, 1996 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Daniel Blank
Jan 1, 1996–Jan 1, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- Saguenay flood
Jul 19, 1996 · Canada · Natural disaster
- Disappearance of Angela Celentano
Aug 10, 1996 · Italy · Disappearance
- 1996 Biescas flood
Aug 7, 1996 · Spain · Natural disaster
- Mapenduma hostage crisis
Jan 8, 1996–May 15, 1996 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict