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1996
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Zareian cargo plane crashes in Kinshasa, 350 dead
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Ryutaro Hashimoto elected Japanese Prime Minister
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Jorge Sampio elected Portuguese President
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North Cape Oil Spill
82,000 gallons of home heating oil spilled in Rhode Island -
Rent makes first public performance
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Earthquake (7.0) near Lijang, China kills 240, injures 1,400
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Tupac releases 'All Eyez on Me'
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Intel708 rocket fails to launch properly
Intel708 rocket veers off course seconds after take off in China -
Ferry capsizes in Cádiz in the Philippines,54 dead
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Leap Year
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Daniel Green accused of killing James Jordan (Micheal Jordan's father)
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People's republic of China begins surface to surface missile testing
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Dunblane Massacre
Thomas Hamilton, former shopkeeper, walks into Dunblane Primary school and kills 16 infants and a teacher before killing himself. -
Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup
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Britan's Mad Cow Scare
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68th Academy Awards
Hosted by Whoopi Goldburg, 'Braveheart' wins best picture -
Boeing 737 crashes in Croatia, kills 35
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Operation Hawk
Turkish military takes an armed offensive against the rebels in the Kurdish Worker Party -
Major League Socer kicks off
First Major League Soccer game ever is played in Spartan Stadium, San Jose Clash vs. D.C. United. San Jose wins 1-0 -
Operation Grapes of Wrath
Israli Government launches massive and brutal attacks on Lebenon, in retaliation for prior terrorist attacks. -
Isreal and Palistine drop similar clauses calling for the emilination of the other
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Keck II dedicated in Hawaii
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1996 Everest Disaster
A sudden freak storm engulfs the mountain and kills 8 people -
Romer v. Evans
Supreme Court rules against making it illegal in Colorado for any state, county, or town to recognize gays or lesbians as a protected class in any legislative, executive, or judicial way. -
Mission: Impossible release
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Bradley Nowell (Sublime) dies of a drug overdose
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Ariane 5 explodes 40 seconds after takeoff
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Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland
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81 day standoff with Montana Freeman and FBI agents ends
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Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russia
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Nintendo 64 released in Japan
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Khobar Towers bombing
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The Who play at The Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park, London, for the first time since 1989
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Independence Day Film
the movie Independence Day, starring Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman, is released. -
Martina Hignis becomes youngest girl to win Wimbledon
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E. coli outbreak in Japan, 6,000 fatalities
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1996 Summer Olympics begin
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Centennial Olypic Park bombing
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Summer Olypics conclude
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Galileo discovers water on Jupiter's moons
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Gorilla sits with injured boy after falling into gorilla enclosure
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Clinton signs welfare reform into law
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Prince and Princess of Wales officially divorced
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U.S. launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq
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Tupac Shakur shot four times in Las Vegas
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Beast Wars first airs (Transformers)
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Last of Ireland's Magdalene Asylums close
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Taliban sieze Kabul
Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul -
Aeroperú Boeing 757 crashes in the Pacific, kills all 70 on board
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O.J. Simpson Civil trail starts
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Marcopper Mine Disaster
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MTV India launched
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Slash officially leaves Guns N' Roses
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Bill Clinton re-elected as U.S. President
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Space Jam released
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Mother Theresa granted honorary U.S. citizenship
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bomb explosion in Kaspyik, Russia kills 32
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Martin Bryant sentenced
35 life sentences plus 1035 years without parole -
101 Dalmations (live action) released
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Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act
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Madaline Albright 1st female U.S. Secretary of state
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Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.
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Steve Jobs' company NeXT is bought by Apple Computer
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The largest strike in South Korean history begins.
