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Significant Events of 1996

This quiz covers significant historical events from the year 1996, focusing on political changes, notable disasters, and key milestones in sports and culture.

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1 March 24 – Islamists clash with security forces in ________, killing 11.

2 January 1 – King ________ temporarily gives power to Crown Prince Abdullah, his legal successor, due to illness.

3 ________ – Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b.

4 ________ – Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in the Ladies' Doubles event.

5 November 23 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of ________ after running out of fuel, killing 125.

6 ________ – The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 163.

7 ________ – Radovan Karadžić steps down as president of the Serb enclave in Bosnia.

8 ________ – A general election in Italy proclaims a new government headed by Romano Prodi and his Olive Tree coalition, replacing Silvio Berlusconi.

9 November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1996: Democratic incumbent ________ defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term.

10 May 21 – The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 in one of ________'s worst maritime disasters.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • since the genome sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was published in 1996, the complete genome sequences of over 50 other eukaryotes have been completed.
  • the popular music artist Maarja-Liis Ilus has entered the Estonian Eurovision Song Contest pre-selection event Eurolaul a record three times, in 1996, 1997 and 2004.
  • the Adivasi Cobra Force was formed after ethnic conflict between Santal and Bodo erupted in 1996.
  • the All Sky Automated Survey is a Polish astronomical project based in Chile, controlled remotely from Poland through the Internet, and that it has discovered two comets since 1996 with a tiny budget.
  • on December 12, 1996, India and Bangladesh signed a 30-year treaty resolving the long-standing dispute over the sharing of Ganges Waters.
  • in 1996 then New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman may have violated the civil rights of Sherron Rolax by frisking him.
  • Bridgett Riley lost her contact lenses in the fifth round of a boxing match against Theresa Arnold on September 19, 1996, leading to her first ever defeat.
  • construction of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Adelaide did not finish until 1996, 130 years after it began.
  • during a 90-minute period on January 30, 1996, three commuters fell into the gap at the Long Island Rail Road station at Syosset due to icy platform conditions.
  • Victoire Thivisol was the youngest winner ever of the Best Actress award at the Venice International Film Festival for her title role in the 1996 French film Ponette.
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