Events in 1996

320 notable events from 1996. Page 1 of 4.

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