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1996 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2024. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1996 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1996

• January 1, 1996 – Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
• January 27, 1996 – In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
• January 29, 1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a “definitive end” to French nuclear weapons testing.
• January 31, 1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.
• February 19, 1996 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
• March 23, 1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
• June 13, 1996 – The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
• August 6, 1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• September 27, 1996 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
• September 28, 1996 – Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.

Who Were Born On 1996?

• February 17, 1996 – Sasha Pieterse, South African-American singer-songwriter and actress
• February 29, 1996 – Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player
• April 12, 1996 – Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player
• May 16, 1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player
• June 8, 1996 – Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer
• July 22, 1996 – Skyler Gisondo, American actor
• August 1, 1996 – Ellona Santiago, Filipino-American singer
• September 15, 1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor
• November 13, 1996 – Austin Williams, American actor
• November 23, 1996 – Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer