A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people. The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines broke out shortly before midnight at…
Tag: 1996
10 February 1996
The IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue, defeats Garry Kasparov in chess. Deep Blue and Kasparov played each other on two occasions. The first match began on…
27 January 1996
Germany first observes the ‘International Holocaust Remembrance Day’. On the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1995, many in Germany used…
28 April 1996
The gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur in Tasmania, Australia killing 35 people.
13 March 1996
Sixteen school children and one teacher are killed in Dunblane, Scotland by Thomas Hamilton who then commits suicide.
29 February 1996
Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes killing all 123 passengers and crew onboard.