British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland. Here’s a four-paragraph overview of the history of the Stone…
Tag: 1996
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).