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It was almost the same as the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002 [[Blizzard|blizzards]]. It killed more than 150 people. * [[January 11]] – [[Ryutaro Hashimoto]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Japan]]. * [[January 15]] – King [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho|Moshoeshoe II]] of [[Lesotho]] dies in a car crash. * [[January 16]] – [[Jamaica]]n authorities open fire on [[Jimmy Buffett]]'s seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. [[U2 (band)|U2]] singer [[Bono]] was also on the plane, but neither singer was injured. * [[January 18]] – [[Lisa Marie Presley]] files for divorce from [[Michael Jackson]]. * [[January 29]] – [[Garth Brooks]] refuses to accept his [[American Music Award]] for "Favorite Overall Artist". Brooks says that [[Hootie and the Blowfish]] had done more for music that year than he did it. * [[January 29]] – [[Jacques Chirac]] announces the end of French nuclear testing in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[February 4]] – An [[earthquake]] of magnitude 7 in southwestern [[China]] kills more than 240 people. * [[February 4]] – Former [[Milli-Vanilli]] member [[Rob Pilatus]] is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in [[Hollywood, California]]. Pilatus was attempting to steal the man's car. * [[February 6]] – Birgenair Flight 301 crashes into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] near the [[Dominican Republic]], killing 189 people. * [[February 10]] – The computer [[Deep Blue]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in a [[chess]] match. * [[February 14]] – [[Prince (artist)|The Artist Formerly Known As Prince]] marries backup singer [[Mayte Garcia]]. * [[February 20]] – [[Snoop Doggy Dogg]] and his bodyguard acquitted of first degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges and a mistrial is declared. * [[March 2]] – [[John Howard]] is elected [[Prime Minister of Australia]], taking office on [[March 11]]. * [[March 4]] – [[The Beatles]]' second reunion song is released, as part of their first reuinion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is simply a finished version of a [[John Lennon]] demo from [[1980]]; a song called [[Real Love (Song)|Real Love]]. * [[March 13]] – [[Dunblane]] massacre: Thomas Hamilton kills 16 pupils and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School in [[Scotland]]. * [[March 13]] – [[Ramones]] fans riot in [[Buenos Aires, Argentina]] after waiting all night for concert tickets only to find out that the show had been sold out. * [[March 16]] – [[Mariah Carey]] and [[Boyz II Men]] ends its 16th consecutive week at No. 1 with "One Sweet Day". It is the longest consecutive week stay at No. 1 in [[Billboard Hot 100]] history. * [[March 17]] – [[Sri Lanka]] wins the [[cricket World Cup]]. * [[March 18]] – [[The Sex Pistols]] announce that they are reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour. * [[March 28]] – [[Phil Collins]] announces that he is leaving [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] to focus on his solo career. * [[April 3]] – [[M.C. Hammer]] files for bankruptcy. * [[April 4]] – [[The Grateful Dead]]'s [[Bob Weir]] and [[Jerry Garcia]]'s widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the [[Ganges River]] in [[India]]. 1996 like a 1992 one. * [[April 15]] – The remaining part of [[Jerry Garcia]]'s ashes are scattered near the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco, California]]. * [[April 24]] – [[This Train]], [[Rick Elias]], [[Jimmy A]], [[Phil Keaggy]], [[Carolyn Arends]], [[Third Day]] & [[Ashley Cleveland]] perform a tribute concert for [[Rich Mullins]] at [[Nashville]]'s Cafe Milano. Speakers included [[Reunion Records]] executive [[Terry Hemmings]], [[record producer]] [[Reed Arvin]], [[disc jockey]] [[Jon Rivers]], & [[writer]] [[Brennan Manning]]. * [[April 28]] – Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people in [[Port Arthur, Tasmania|Port Arthur]], [[Tasmania]]. * [[May 8]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], a judge rules against [[Tommy Lee]] and wife actress [[Pamela Anderson]] Lee in their attempt to keep [[Penthouse magazine]] from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie which was stolen from their home. * [[May 11]] – Everest disaster: A sudden storm kills 8 people on [[Mount Everest]]. * [[May 31]] – The hosting of the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] is given to [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]], marking the time that [[Asia]] gets to host the [[FIFA World Cup]]. SUPERMARKET SWEEP for Louise Anderson * [[June 1]] – [[Deve Gowda]] becomes [[Prime Minister]] of [[India]]. * [[June 15]] – An [[IRA]] bomb injures over 200 people in [[Manchester]]. * [[June 23]] – The [[Nintendo 64]] game system is released in [[Japan]]. * [[June 30]] – [[Germany]] defeats the [[Czech Republic]] 2–1 to win [[UEFA]] Euro 96. * [[July]] – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] drummer, [[Jimmy Chamberlin]], is arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The other [[band]] members fire him because they said his "insidious battle with [[Illegal drugs|drugs]] and alcohol" had nearly ruined everything for the band. * [[July 5]] – [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly]], a cloned [[sheep]], is born. * [[July 19]] – [[August 4]] – The [[1996 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. * [[July 27]] – One person is killed and 111 are injured in the Centennial Park bombing in [[Atlanta]]. * [[August 6]] – [[The Ramones]] play their last ever show at [[Lollapalooza]]. * [[August 15]] – [[Bob Dole]] is nominated as the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidate for the [[United States presidential election|US presidential election]]. * [[August 28]] – [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] officially [[divorce]]. * [[September 7]] – Rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] is shot 4 times in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] while leaving the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand]] hotel, after seeing the [[Mike Tyson]] vs. [[Bruce Seldon]] boxing match, in what is apparently a drive-by shooting. * [[September 12]] – Controversy follows [[The Eagles]] when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to [[Saddam Hussein]] at a [[United States Democratic Party]] fundraiser held in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. * [[September 13]] – [[Tupac Shakur]] died in hospital after his wounds from the Las Vegas, Nevada MGM Grand shooting. * [[September 14]] – [[Alija Izetbegovic]] is elected President of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. * [[September 27]] – The [[Taliban]] capture [[Kabul]], to take control of [[Afghanistan]]. Former President [[Mohammad Najibullah]] is killed. * [[November 5]] – A [[volcanic eruption]] under the [[Grímsvötn|Grimsvotn]] ice cap in [[Iceland]] causes a glacial flood. * [[November 5]] – [[Bill Clinton]] is reelected as [[President of the United States]], defeating [[Bob Dole]]. * [[November 7]] – A category 4 [[cyclone]] hits [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Over 2000 people were [[kill]]ed and 95% of the [[crop]]s were [[wikt:destroy|destroyed]]. * [[November 8]] – After having first premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January, the movie ''[[Hype! (documentary)|Hype!]]'', a [[documentary]] on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences. * [[November 12]] – [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] and [[Kazakhstan|Kazak]] airliners collide, killing 349 people. * [[December 13]] – [[Kofi Annan]] is chosen to become [[UN]] Secretary-General, a position he takes up on [[January 1]], [[1997]]. * [[December 30]] – A train is bombed by Bodo separatists in [[Assam]], [[India]], killing 26 people. * [[Larry Ewing]] creates [[Tux]], the [[Linux]] mascot. * [[Sildenafil]] patented. * [[Wasi Muhammad Qureshi]] appointed as president of [[International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam]] by its founder [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]]. == Births == {{See also cat|1996 births}} [[File:Zendaya - 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|300x300px|[[Zendaya]] in 2019]] [[File:MINSEO (민서) 220514.jpg|thumb|230x230px|[[Minseo (singer)|Minseo]] in 2022]] * [[February 25]] – [[Hannah Graham]], British murder victim (d. [[2014]]) * [[April 9]] – [[Minseo (singer)|Minseo]], South Korean singer * [[April 14]] – [[Abigail Breslin]], American actress * [[May 8]] – [[6ix9ine]], American rapper * [[June 28]] – [[Adam Dutschke]], Australian basketball player * [[July 5]] – [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly]], cloned sheep (d. [[2003]]) * [[September 1]] – [[Zendaya]], American actress * [[September 6]] – [[Lil Xan]], American rapper * [[September 13]] – [[Joseph Boyce]], American actor, director, producer, and writer * [[October 7]] – [[Lewis Capaldi]], Scottish singer * [[December 9]] – [[AleXa]], American [[K-pop]] singer and first [[American Song Contest]] winner * [[December 11]] – [[Hailee Steinfeld]], American actress == Deaths == {{See also cat|1996 deaths}} === January === [[File:President Mitterand bij slotzitting Europa Congres Mitterand, kop, Bestanddeelnr 934-2444 (portrait crop).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Francois Mitterrand]]]] [[File:Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]]]] [[File:Gerry Mulligan (1980s portrait by William P. Gottlieb).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gerry Mulligan]]]] [[File:Joseph Brodsky 1988.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Joseph Brodsky]]]] [[File:Jerry Siegel in Uniform ca1943 cropped.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jerry Siegel]]]] * [[January 1]] – [[Arleigh Burke]], American admiral (b. [[1901]]) * [[January 1]] - [[Arthur Rudolph]], German engineer (b. [[1906]]) * [[January 1]] – [[Alifa Rifaat]], Egyptian author (b. [[1930]]) * [[January 2]] - [[Karl Rappan]], Austrian footballer (b. [[1905]]) * [[January 4]] – [[Ramón Vinay]], Chilean opera singer (b. [[1911]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Yahya Ayyash]], Palestinian military leader (b. [[1966]]) * [[January 6]] – [[Duane Hanson]], American sculptor (b. [[1925]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Károly Grósz]], Hungarian politician (b. [[1930]]) * [[January 7]] - [[Tarō Okamoto]], Japanese artist (b. [[1911]]) * [[January 8]] – [[Paul Vialar]], French author (b. [[1898]]) * [[January 8]] – [[Francois Mitterrand]], [[President of France]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[January 9]] - [[Fearless Nadia]], Indian actress (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 9]] – [[Abdullah al-Qasemi]], Saudi Arabian writer (b. [[1907]]) * [[January 12]] - [[Bartel Leendert van der Waerden]], Dutch mathematician (b. [[1903]]) * [[January 15]] – King [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho|Moshoeshoe II]] of [[Lesotho]] (b. [[1938]]) * [[January 17]] – [[Barbara Jordan]], American politician (b. [[1936]]) * [[January 18]] - [[Leonor Fini]], Argentine painter (b. [[1907]]) * [[January 18]] – [[N. T. Rama Rao]], Indian actor (b. [[1923]]) * [[January 20]] - [[Gerry Mulligan]], American musician (b. [[1927]]) * [[January 20]] – [[Jef Mermans]], Belgian footballer (b. [[1922]]) * [[January 23]] – [[Fatima Rushdi]], Egyptian actress (b. [[1908]]) * [[January 25]] - [[Jonathan Larson]], American composer (b. [[1960]]) * [[January 26]] - [[Charles Jewtraw]], American speed skater (b. [[1900]]) * [[January 28]] – [[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian writer (b. [[1940]]) * [[January 28]] - [[San Yu]], [[President of Myanmar]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[January 28]] – [[Jerry Siegel]], American cartoonist (b. [[1914]]) === February === [[File:Gene kelly.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gene Kelly]]]] [[File:Martin Balsam Film Still.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Martin Balsam]]]] [[File:Paisley plaque, Paisley Gateway, Anfield.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Bob Paisley]]]] * [[February 1]] – [[Sergey Aganov]], Soviet Marshal (b. [[1917]]) * [[February 1]] – [[Adel Adham]], Egyptian actor (b. [[1928]]) * [[February 2]] – [[Gene Kelly]], American actor (b. [[1912]]) * [[February 3]] – [[Edward Adamson]], British artist (b. [[1911]]) * [[February 3]] – [[Audrey Meadows]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) * [[February 4]] – [[Manuel Fábregas]], Spanish actor (b. [[1921]]) * [[February 6]] – [[Guy Madison]], American film actor (b. [[1922]]) * [[February 8]] – [[Mercer Ellington]], American musician (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 9]] – [[Adolf Galland]], German general (b. [[1912]]) * [[February 9]] – [[Yun Chi-young]], Korean politician (b. [[1898]]) * [[February 11]] – [[Kebby Musokotwane]], [[Prime Minister of Zambia]] (b. [[1946]]) * [[February 13]] – [[Martin Balsam]], American actor (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 14]] – [[Bob Paisley]], English football manager (b. [[1919]]) * [[February 14]] – [[McLean Stevenson]], American actor (b. [[1929]]) * [[February 15]] – [[Tommy Rettig]], American child actor (b. [[1941]]) * [[February 16]] – [[Pat Brown]], 32nd Governor of California (b. [[1905]]) * [[February 17]] – [[Evelyn Laye]], English actress (b. [[1900]]) * [[February 20]] – [[Audrey Munson]], American artist's model (b. [[1891]]) * [[February 21]] – [[Priscilla Bonner]], American film actress (b. [[1899]]) * [[February 21]] – [[Morton Gould]], American musician and composer (b. [[1913]]) * [[February 23]] – [[William Bonin]], American serial killer (b. [[1947]]) * [[February 23]] – [[Helmut Schoen]], German football coach (b. [[1915]]) * [[February 24]] – [[Akram al-Hawrani]], Syrian politician (b. [[1912]]) * [[February 25]] – [[Haing S. Ngor]], Cambodian actor (b. [[1940]]) * [[February 27]] – [[Sarah Palfrey Cooke]], American tennis player (b. [[1912]]) === March === [[File:George Burns 1961.JPG|thumb|110px|[[George Burns]]]] [[File:Lucio Fulci (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Lucio Fulci]]]] [[File:Krzysztof Kieślowski.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]]] [[File:René Clément.jpg|thumb|110px|[[René Clément]]]] [[File:Odysseas Elytis 1974.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Odysseas Elytis]]]] [[File:Portrait of Edmund Muskie, looking up.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Edmund Muskie]]]] * [[March 2]] - [[Lyle Talbot]], American actor (b. [[1902]]) * [[March 2]] – [[Jacobo Majluta Azar]], [[President of the Dominican Republic]] (b. [[1934]]) * [[March 3]] – [[Marguerite Duras]], French novelist (b. [[1914]]) * [[March 4]] – [[Minnie Pearl]], American comedian (b. [[1912]]) * [[March 5]] – [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], [[President of Bangladesh]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[March 9]] – [[George Burns]], American actor and singer (b. [[1896]]) * [[March 9]] – [[Mohammed al-Ghazali]], Egyptian author (b. [[1917]]) * [[March 10]] – [[Ross Hunter]], American film producer (b. [[1920]]) * [[March 11]] – [[Vincent Edwards]], American actor (b. [[1928]]) * [[March 13]] – [[Lucio Fulci]], Italian film director (b. [[1927]]) * [[March 13]] – [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]], Polish movie director (b. [[1941]]) * [[March 17]] - [[René Clément]], French movie director (b. [[1913]]) * [[March 17]] – [[Andre Melendez]], American serial killer (b. [[1971]]) * [[March 17]] – [[Anil Chatterjee]], Indian actor (b. [[1929]]) * [[March 18]] – [[Odysseas Elytis]], Greek writer (b. [[1911]]) * [[March 18]] – [[Niní Marshall]], Argentine actress (b. [[1903]]) * [[March 19]] – [[Chen Jingrun]], Chinese mathematician (b. [[1933]]) * [[March 26]] – [[Edmund Muskie]], American politician (b. [[1914]]) * [[March 26]] – [[Victor L. Brown]], Mormon leader (b. [[1914]]) * [[March 28]] - [[Mohamed Sedki Sulayman]], [[Prime Minister of Egypt]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[March 31]] – [[Jeffrey Lee Pierce]], American singer (b. [[1958]]) === April === [[File:Greer Garson-publicity.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Greer Garson]]]] [[File:Lucille bremer.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Lucille Bremer]]]] [[File:Djokhar Doudaïev.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Dzhokhar Dudayev]]]] [[File:P.L. Travers as Titania in a production with Alan Wilkie.jpg|thumb|110px|[[P. L. Travers]]]] [[File:Raden Ayu Siti Hartinah (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Siti Hartinah]]]] * [[April 2]] – [[Alfredo Nobre da Costa]], Portuguese politician (b. [[1923]]) * [[April 3]] – [[Ron Brown]], American politician (b. [[1941]]) * [[April 6]] – [[Greer Garson]], British actress (b. [[1904]]) * [[April 8]] – [[Donald Adams]], English opera singer (b. [[1928]]) * [[April 13]] – [[Aung Khin]], Burmese painter (b. [[1921]]) * [[April 15]] – [[Beatriz Costa]], Portuguese actress (b. [[1907]]) * [[April 16]] – [[Lucille Bremer]], American actress (b. [[1927]]) * [[April 16]] – [[Irasema Dilián]], Italian actress (b. [[1924]]) * [[January 19]] – [[Don Simpson]], American film producer (b. [[1943]]) * [[April 20]] – [[Christopher Robin Milne]], British writer and bookseller (b. [[1920]]) * [[April 21]] – [[Dzhokhar Dudayev]], Chechen politician (b. [[1944]]) * [[April 22]] – [[Erma Bombeck]], American humorist and writer (b. [[1927]]) * [[April 23]] – [[P. L. Travers]], Australian writer (b. [[1899]]) * [[April 25]] – [[Saul Bass]], American graphic designer (b. [[1920]]) * [[June 27]] – [[Albert R. Broccoli]], American movie producer (b. [[1909]]) * [[April 28]] – [[Siti Hartinah]], [[First Lady of Indonesia]] (b. [[1923]]) === May === [[File:Nnamdi Azikiwe PC (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nnamdi Azikiwe]]]] [[File:Georgian-American Ballerina Tamara Toumanova (Tumanishvili) - 1940s.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Tamara Toumanova]]]] [[File:Timothy-Leary-Los-Angeles-1989.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Timothy Leary]]]] * [[May 1]] – [[David M. Kennedy]], American politician (b. [[1905]]) * [[May 1]] – [[Herbert Brownell Jr.]], [[United States Attorney General]] (b. [[1904]]) * [[May 1]] – [[François Chalais]], French reporter (b. [[1919]]) * [[May 2]] – [[Hamlet Mkhitaryan]], Armenian football player (b. [[1962]]) * [[May 3]] – [[Alex Kellner]], American baseball player (b. [[1924]]) * [[May 3]] – [[Zouzou Nabil]], Egyptian actress (b. [[1920]]) * [[May 6]] – [[Wally Nightingale]], English guitarist (b. [[1956]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Narciso G. Reyes]], Secretary-General of [[ASEAN]] (b. [[1914]]) * [[May 11]] – [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]], 1st [[President of Nigeria]] (b. [[1904]]) * [[May 11]] – [[Ademir Marques de Menezes]], Brazilian footballer (b. [[1921]]) * [[May 19]] – [[Johnny Berardino]], American infielder in Major League Baseball (b. [[1917]]) * [[May 20]] – [[Jon Pertwee]], English actor (b. [[1919]]) * [[May 25]] – [[Bradley Nowell]], American musician (b. [[1968]]) * [[May 29]] - [[Tamara Toumanova]], Russian ballet dancer (b. [[1919]]) * [[May 31]] – [[Timothy Leary]], American psychologist (b. [[1904]]) === June === [[File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]]] [[File:Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden trailer.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jo Van Fleet]]]] [[File:Ella Fitzgerald 1962.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Ella Fitzgerald]]]] [[File:Andreas Papandreou (1968) 2 crop.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Andreas Papandreou]]]] *[[June 1]] – [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]], [[President of India]] (b. [[1913]]) * [[June 3]] – [[Peter Bird]], British ocean rower (b. [[1947]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Hartono Rekso Dharsono]], Secretary-General of [[ASEAN]] (b. [[1925]]) * [[June 5]] – [[Jan Kerouac]], American writer (b. [[1952]]) * [[June 6]] – [[Kusuo Kitamura]], Japanese swimmer (b. [[1917]]) * [[June 6]] – [[George Davis Snell]], American geneticist (b. [[1923]]) * [[June 7]] - [[Max Factor, Jr.]], American businessman (b. [[1904]]) * [[June 10]] – [[Jo Van Fleet]], American actress (b. [[1915]]) * [[June 11]] – [[Brigitte Helm]], German actress (b. [[1906]]) * [[June 15]] – [[Ella Fitzgerald]], American singer (b. [[1917]]) * [[June 15]] – [[Piet Bambergen]], Dutch actor (b. [[1931]]) * [[June 16]] – [[Élie Castor]], French Politician (b. [[1943]]) * [[June 19]] – [[Edvin Wide]], Swedish long-distance runner (b. [[1896]]) * [[June 23]] – [[Salah Abu Seif]], Egyptian film director (b. [[1915]]) * [[June 23]] – [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. [[1919]]) * [[June 26]] – [[Veronica Guerin]], Irish journalist (b. [[1958]]) === July === [[File:Margaux Hemingway.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Margaux Hemingway]]]] [[File:Claudette colbert.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Claudette Colbert]]]] * [[July 1]] – [[William T. Cahill]], American politician (b. [[1912]]) * [[July 1]] – [[Margaux Hemingway]], American fashion model (b. [[1955]]) * [[July 3]] – [[Raaj Kumar]], Indian film actor (b. [[1926]]) * [[July 8]] - Prince [[Albrecht]], Duke of [[Bavaria]] (b. [[1905]]) * [[July 9]] – [[Melvin Belli]], American lawyer (b. [[1907]]) * [[July 9]] – [[Aurora Redondo]], Spanish actress (b. [[1900]]) * [[July 13]] – [[Pandro S. Berman]], American film producer (b. [[1905]]) * [[July 15]] – [[Dana Hill]], American actress (b. [[1964]]) * [[July 16]] - [[John Panozzo]], American drummer (b. [[1948]]) * [[July 21]] – [[Luana Anders]], American film actress (b. [[1938]]) * [[July 29]] – [[Bill Jackowski]], American baseball umpire (b. [[1914]]) * [[July 30]] – [[Claudette Colbert]], American actress (b. [[1903]]) === August === [[File:Frida Boccara (1975).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Frida Boccara]]]] [[File:Thadeus Reichstein ETH-Bib Portr 10137.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Tadeus Reichstein]]]] [[File:Мохамед Фарах Айдид.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mohamed Farrah Aidid]]]] [[File:Michel Debré (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Michel Debré]]]] [[File:Obdulio varela uruguay.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Obdulio Varela]]]] [[File:Mott,Nevill Francis Heisenberg 1952 London.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nevill Francis Mott]]]] [[File:Painting of António de Spínola.jpg|thumb|110px|[[António de Spínola]]]] [[File:Alejandro Agustín Lanusse.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Alejandro Agustín Lanusse]]]] * [[August 1]] – [[Frida Boccara]], French singer (b. [[1940]]) * [[August 1]] – [[Tadeus Reichstein]], Polish chemist (b. [[1897]]) * [[August 1]] – [[Lucille Teasdale-Corti]], Canadian physician (b. [[1929]]) * [[August 1]] - [[Mohamed Farrah Aidid]], Somalian military officer (b. [[1934]]) * [[August 2]] – [[Michel Debré]], [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. [[1912]]) * [[August 2]] – [[Obdulio Varela]], Uruguayan footballer (b. [[1917]]) * [[August 4]] – [[Aldo Cucinelli]], Italian politician (b. [[1922]]) * [[August 6]] - King [[Muhammad al-Badr]] of [[Yemen]] (b. [[1926]]) * [[August 8]] – [[Nevill Francis Mott]], British physicist (b. [[1905]]) * [[August 9]] – [[Derek Smith]], American basketball player (b. [[1961]]) * [[August 11]] – [[Rafael Kubelík]], Czech conductor (b. [[1914]]) * [[August 13]] – [[David Tudor]], American pianist (b. [[1926]]). * [[August 13]] – [[António de Spínola]], [[President of Portugal]] (b. [[1910]]) * [[August 24]] – [[Saleh Morsi]], Egyptian screenwriter (b. [[1929]]) * [[August 26]] – [[Alejandro Agustín Lanusse]], [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[August 27]] – [[Greg Morris]], American actor (b. [[1933]]) * [[August 31]] – [[Milt Larkin]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1910]]) === September === [[File:Foto oficial do presidente Ernesto Geisel.png|thumb|110px|[[Ernesto Geisel]]]] [[File:Spiro Agnew.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Spiro Agnew]]]] [[File:Erdos budapest fall 1992 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Paul Erdős]]]] [[File:Dorothy-Lamour-still.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Dorothy Lamour]]]] [[File:Geoffrey Wilkinson ca. 1976.png|thumb|110px|[[Geoffrey Wilkinson]]]] [[File:Mohammad Najibullah 1986.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Mohammad Najibullah]]]] * [[September 1]] – [[Vagn Holmboe]], Danish composer (b. [[1909]]) * [[September 1]] – [[Karl Kehrle]], German benedictine monk (b. [[1898]]) * [[September 6]] – [[Barney McCosky]], American baseball player (b. [[1917]]) * [[September 10]] – [[Joanne Dru]], American actress (b. [[1923]]) * [[September 10]] – [[Hans List]], Austrian scientist (b. [[1896]]) * [[September 10]] – [[Latifa al-Zayyat]], Egyptian writer (b. [[1923]]) * [[September 12]] – [[Ernesto Geisel]], [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1907]]) * [[September 13]] – [[Tupac Shakur]], American rap singer (b. [[1971]]) * [[September 13]] - [[Leni Wylliams]], African-American dancer/choreographer/master-teacher (b. [[1961]]) * [[September 14]] – [[Juliet Prowse]], British actress (b. [[1937]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Spiro Agnew]], 39th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[September 18]] – [[Annabella]], French actress (b. [[1907]]) * [[September 20]] – [[Paul Erdős]], Hungarian [[mathematician]] (b. [[1913]]) * [[September 20]] – [[Murtaza Bhutto]], Pakistani Politician (b. [[1954]]) * [[September 20]] – [[Reuben Kamenga]], 1st [[Vice president of Zambia]] (b. [[1929]]) * [[September 21]] – [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]], Indian politician (b. [[1913]]) * [[September 22]] – [[Dorothy Lamour]], American actress (b. [[1914]]) * [[September 22]] – [[Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani]], [[Prime Minister of Algeria]] (b. [[1927]]) * [[September 26]] – [[Pavel Sudoplatov]], Soviet general (b. [[1907]]) * [[September 26]] – [[Nicu Ceaușescu]], Romanian politician (b. [[1951]]) * [[September 26]] – [[Geoffrey Wilkinson]], English chemist (b. [[1921]]) * [[September 27]] – [[Mohammad Najibullah]], [[President of Afghanistan]] (b. [[1947]]) === October === [[File:Silvio Piola (Pro Vercelli).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Silvio Piola]]]] [[File:Johnny Costa photo.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Johnny Costa]]]] [[File:René Lacoste.jpg|thumb|110px|[[René Lacoste]]]] [[File:Morey Amsterdam HA-SN-99-00637.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Morey Amsterdam]]]] * [[October 2]] – [[Emiel van Lennep]], Dutch diplomat (b. [[1915]]) * [[October 4]] – [[Silvio Piola]], Italian footballer (b. [[1913]]) * [[October 4]] – [[Joe Hoerner]], American baseball player (b. [[1936]]) * [[October 4]] – [[Masaki Kobayashi]], Japanese movie director (b. [[1916]]) * [[October 5]] – [[Judith Allen]], American actress (b. [[1911]]) * [[October 5]] – [[Seymour Cray]], American electrical engineer (b. [[1925]]) * [[October 11]] – [[Pierre Grimal]], French historian (b. [[1912]]) * [[October 11]] – [[Johnny Costa]], American jazz pianist (b. [[1922]]) * [[October 12]] – [[René Lacoste]], French tennis player (b. [[1904]]) * [[October 12]] – [[Nina Alisova]], Soviet actress (b. [[1915]]) * [[October 14]] – [[Laura La Plante]], American actress (b. [[1904]]) * [[October 16]] – [[Huang Shao-ku]], Taiwanese politician (b. [[1901]]) * [[October 24]] – [[Sorley MacLean]], Scottish poet (b. [[1911]]) * [[October 26]] – [[Arthur L. Andrews]], Chief Master Sergeant of the United States (b. [[1934]]) * [[October 26]] – [[Chito Zeballos]], Argentinian guitarist (b. [[1936]]) * [[October 27]] – [[Morey Amsterdam]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1908]]) * [[October 31]] – [[Arthur Peterson]], American actor (b. [[1912]]) === November === [[File:Junius Richard Jayawardana (1906-1996).jpg|thumb|110px|[[J. R. Jayewardene]]]] [[File:Bokassa portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]]] [[File:Abdus Salam 1987 (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Abdus Salam]]]] [[File:Tiny Tim.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Tiny Tim]]]] * [[November 1]] – [[Maati Bouabid]], [[Prime Minister of Morocco]] (b. [[1927]]) * [[November 1]] – [[J. R. Jayewardene]], [[President of Sri Lanka]] (b. [[1906]]) * [[November 2]] – [[Eva Cassidy]], American singer (b. [[1963]]) * [[November 3]] – [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], President of the Central African Republic (b. [[1921]]) * [[November 3]] – [[Wim Hornman]], Dutch writer (b. [[1920]]) * [[November 5]] – [[Bunny Breckinridge]], American actor (b. [[1903]]) * [[November 5]] – [[Eddie Harris]], American jazz musician (b. [[1934]]) * [[November 15]] – [[Alger Hiss]], US State Department official (b. [[1904]]) * [[November 17]] – [[Fabrizio De Chiara]], Italian boxer (b. [[1971]]) * [[November 21]] – [[Abdus Salam]], Pakistani physicist (b. [[1926]]) * [[November 30]] – [[Tiny Tim]], American musician (b. [[1932]]) === December === [[File:Marcello Mastroianni 02.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Marcello Mastroianni]]]] [[File:Carl Sagan Planetary Society.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Carl Sagan]]]] * [[December 3]] – [[Babrak Karmal]], [[President of Afghanistan]] (b. [[1929]]) * [[December 6]] – [[Pete Rozelle]], American businessman (b. [[1926]]) * [[December 6]] – [[Abd al-Hamid Kishk]], Egyptian preacher (b. [[1933]]) * [[December 8]] – [[Howard Rollins]], American actor (b. [[1950]]) * [[December 8]] - [[Kashiwado Tsuyoshi]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. [[1938]]) * [[December 9]] – [[Mary Leakey]], British archaeologist (b. [[1913]]) * [[December 9]] – [[Alain Poher]], interim [[President of France]] (b. [[1909]]) * [[December 10]] – [[Faron Young]], American musician (b. [[1932]]) * [[December 11]] – [[Masumi Esaki]], Japanese Politician (b. [[1915]]) * [[December 13]] – [[Cao Yu]], Chinese playwright (b. [[1910]]) * [[December 15]] – [[Tristan Keuris]], Dutch composer (b. [[1946]]) * [[December 19]] – [[Marcello Mastroianni]], Italian actor (b. [[1924]]) * [[December 20]] – [[Carl Sagan]], American astronomer (b. [[1934]]) * [[December 24]] – [[Nguyễn Hữu Thọ]], Vietnamese politician (b. [[1910]]) * [[December 25]] - [[JonBenét Ramsey]], Child model (b. [[1990]]) * [[December 30]] – [[Lew Ayres]], American actor (b. [[1908]]) == Nobel Prizes == * [[Physics]]: [[David M. Lee]], [[Douglas Orsheroff]], [[Robert C. Richardson]] * [[Chemistry]]: [[Robert Curl]], [[Harold Kroto]], [[Richard Smalley]] * [[Medicine]]: [[Peter C. Doherty]], [[Rolf M. Zinkernagel]] * [[Literature]]: [[Wislawa Szymborska]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize]]: [[Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo]], [[Jose Ramos Horta]] * [[Economics]]: [[James Mirrlees]], [[William Vickrey]] == Movies released == * ''[[Disney's 101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians]]'' * ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' * ''[[A Time to Kill]]'' * ''[[Daylight (movie)|Daylight]]'' * ''[[Eraser (movie)|Eraser]]'' * ''[[Fargo (movie)|Fargo]]'' * ''[[Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' * ''[[Independence Day (movie)|Independence Day]]'' * ''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' * ''[[Matilda (1996 movie)|Matilda]]'' * ''[[Mission: Impossible (movie)|Mission: Impossible]]'' * ''[[Ransom (movie)|Ransom]]'' * ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' * ''[[Sling Blade]]'' * ''[[Space Jam]]'' * ''[[The Birdcage]]'' * ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 movie)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' * ''[[The Nutty Professor (1963 movie)|The Nutty Professor]]'' * ''[[The Rock (movie)|The Rock]]'' * ''[[Trainspotting (movie)|Trainspotting]]'' * ''[[Twister (movie)|Twister]]'' == Hit songs == * "[[Angry Johnny]]" – [[Ann Danielewski|Poe]] * "[[Macarena]]" – [[Los Del Rio]] * "[[Professional Widow]] (Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)" – [[Tori Amos]] * "[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] * "[[6th Avenue Heartache]]" – [[The Wallflowers]] * "[[Aeroplane]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] * "[[All Mixed Up]]" – [[311 (band)|311]] * "[[California Love]]" – [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] * "[[Can't Get You Off My Mind]]" – [[Lenny Kravitz]] * "[[Change the World]]" – [[Eric Clapton]] * "[[Down]]" – [[311 (band)|311]] * "[[Free As A Bird]]" – [[The Beatles]] * "[[Give Me One Reason]]" – [[Tracy Chapman]] * "[[Head Over Feet]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]] * "[[How Do U Want It]]" – [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] * "[[I Want To Come Over]]" – [[Melissa Etheridge]] * "[[If It Makes You Happy]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]] * "[[The Beautiful People]]" – [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] * "[[Wash Away]]" – [[Vertical Horizon]] * "[[You Learn]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]] == New books == * ''[[Absolute Power]]'' – [[David Baldacci]] * ''[[Alias Grace]]'' – [[Margaret Atwood]] * ''[[Bandarshah]]'' – [[Al-Tayyib Salih]] * ''[[By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee]]'' – [[Tama Janowitz]] * ''[[Excession]]'' – [[Iain M. Banks]] * ''[[Executive Orders]]'' – [[Tom Clancy]] * ''[[Feet of Clay]]'' – [[Terry Pratchett]] * ''[[Fight Club]]'' – [[Chuck Palahniuk]] * ''[[Fighting for Canada]]'' (Maîtres Chanteurs Chez Nous!) – [[Diane Francis]] * ''[[A Fine Balance]]'' – [[Rohinton Mistry]] * ''[[The Fourth Estate]]'' – [[Jeffrey Archer]] * ''[[Gods and Generals]]'' – [[Jeff Shaara]] * ''[[The Goldberg Variations (novel)|The Goldberg Variations]]'' – [[Nancy Huston]] * ''[[The Gun Seller]]'' – [[Hugh Laurie]] * ''[[Hackers (short stories)|Hackers]]'' – short story collection * ''[[Hogfather]]'' – [[Terry Pratchett]] * ''[[How Stella Got Her Groove Back]]'' – [[Terry McMillan]] * ''[[Intensity]]'' – [[Dean R. Koontz]] * ''[[Kiki's Memoirs]]'' – [[Alice Prin|Kiki]], (translation by Samuel Putnam) * ''[[Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]]'' – [[John Berendt]] * ''[[Moonlight Becomes You]]'' – [[Mary Higgins Clark]] * ''[[Polaroids From The Dead]]'' – [[Douglas Coupland]] * ''[[Primary Colors]]'' – [[Joe Klein]] as "Anonymous" * ''[[The Runaway Jury]]'' – [[John Grisham]] * ''[[Selected Stories]]'' – [[Mavis Gallant]] * ''[[Sofia; The Sultan's Daughter]]'' – [[Ann Chamberlin]] * ''[[The Tailor of Panama]]'' – [[John le Carré]] * ''[[The Tenth Insight]]'' – [[James Redfield]] * ''[[Undaunted Courage]]'' – [[Stephen Ambrose]] * ''[[A Vicious Circle]]'' – [[Amanda Craig]] ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|1996}} [[Category:1996| ]] </textarea><div class="templatesUsed"><div class="mw-templatesUsedExplanation"><p>Templates used on this page: </p></div><ul> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Category_see_also" title="Template:Category see also">Template:Category see also</a> (<a 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