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1996 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2052. 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 19, 1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
• January 24, 1996 – Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
• January 31, 1996 – Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
• 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.
• July 5, 1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
• August 22, 1996 – Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
• September 28, 1996 – Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
• October 2, 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• November 19, 1996 – Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.

Who Were Born On 1996?

• January 18, 1996 – Sarah Gilman, American actress
• February 21, 1996 – Sophie Turner, English actress
• March 18, 1996 – Madeline Carroll, American actress
• July 26, 1996 – Olivia Breen, English-Welsh sprinter
• August 1, 1996 – Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
• September 25, 1996 – Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
• October 12, 1996 – Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
• October 24, 1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
• November 29, 1996 – Akvilė Paražinskaitė, Lithuanian tennis player
• December 12, 1996 – Karen Miyama, Japanese actress