Major World Events in 1996

Saudi Arabian Airline collides with Kazakhstan Airline in the mid-air, 350 dead. (11-12-1996, 1 Records)
North Korea submarine aground in South Korea, all crew killed. (09-18-1996, 3 Records)
Boris Yeltsin sworn in for a second term as Russia Prsident. (08-09-1996)
Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia begins. (07-19-1996)
TWA flight 800 explodes off the coast of New York, all 230 on board killed. (07-17-1996, 5 Records)
Russian President Boris Yelsin meets with Chechnya rebels for a cease fire of the Chechnya war. (05-27-1996, 4 Records)
China begins missile testing near Taiwan, US condemns. (03-08-1996, 4 Records)
Chechen rebels fighting Russian soldier in Grozny, hundreds killed. (03-06-1996, 4 Records)
A Boeing 737 crashed near Arequipa, Peru, all 123 people on board killed. (02-29-1996, 2 Records)
Birgenair Flight 301 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, 189 passengers died. (02-06-1996, 1 Records)
Colombo of Sri Lanka shaked by explosions, hundreds killed and more are injured. (01-31-1996, 2 Records)
Computer programming language Java released its first version. (01-23-1996, 2 Records)
Fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. (01-09-1996, 5 Records)
Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Killing 350. (01-08-1996, 2 Records)