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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
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Historical Events Of 1996
- January 31, 1996 – Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
- February 8, 1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
- February 19, 1996 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
- March 18, 1996 – A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
- March 25, 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).
- June 4, 1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
- July 18, 1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec’s costliest natural disasters ever: The Saguenay Flood.
- September 4, 1996 – War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
- September 5, 1996 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
- November 23, 1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
Who Were Born On 1996?
- January 10, 1996 – Paula Andrea Pérez, Colombian tennis player
- January 15, 1996 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
- March 12, 1996 – Robert Bartczak, Polish footballer
- April 5, 1996 – Nicolas Beer, Danish racing driver
- April 21, 1996 – Tavi Gevinson, American writer and actress, founded Rookie Magazine
- June 19, 1996 – Larisa Iordache, Romanian gymnast
- July 4, 1996 – Mahiro Takasugi, Japanese actor
- July 11, 1996 – Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter
- July 12, 1996 – Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
- September 8, 1996 – Krystal Reyes, Filipino actress