TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
Tag: 1996
28 April 1996
Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23…
13 March 1996
The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
18 March 1996
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_Disco_fire’]
27 January 1996
Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day’]
7 October 1996
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News’]
27 July 1996
In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing’]
7 October 1996
Fox News Channel start broadcasting. The channel was created by Australian-born American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who hired Roger Ailes as its founding CEO. The…