25 December 1996

The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family’s Boulder, Colorado, home. The murder of JonBenét Ramsey remains one of…

13 June 1996

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. On June 13, 1996, the Montana Freemen—a self-declared sovereign citizen group—surrendered peacefully to the…

25 December 1996

The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family’s Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved. The murder of JonBenét…

28 July 1996

The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man. Kennewick Man, also known as…

10 February 1996

IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. Deep Blue was a supercomputer developed by IBM that made history by…

27 May 1996

First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. The First Chechen War was a…

25 March 1996

The European Union’s Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

17 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.