1996

Clockwise from top-left: The remix of Macarena sung by the Bayside Boys became an international phenomenon; an Antonov-32 plane crashed into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire. 2 people were killed on the plane, but up to 348 people were killed and over 500 were injured on the ground, the accident with the most ground fatalities of any air disaster in history until 2001 and the deadliest airplane crash in Africa; Saudia Flight 763 crashes with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1607 in mid-air over Charkhi Dadri, India, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision with 349 total fatalities and 0 survivors; the wreckage of TWA Flight 800. The plane exploded and crashed 12 minutes after takeoff from New York City in the Atlantic Ocean, with 230 fatalities and 0 survivors, making it the third-deadliest aviation accident in United States history, and birthing conspiracy theories and contributing to the eventual dissolution of Trans World Airlines; eight people die during a blizzard on Mount Everest, the deadliest disaster on Mount Everest which raised questions about the safety of trekking on the mountain; Martin Bryant killed 35 people and injured 28 more during a spree shooting at Port Arthur, Tasmania, contributing to drastic changes among Australia's gun laws; the Israel Defense Forces fired airstrikes at a United Nations compound in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, the 100th anniversary of the first modern Olympic game session.
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1996 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1996
MCMXCVI
Ab urbe condita2749
Armenian calendar1445
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԵ
Assyrian calendar6746
Baháʼí calendar152–153
Balinese saka calendar1917–1918
Bengali calendar1403
Berber calendar2946
British Regnal year44 Eliz. 2 – 45 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2540
Burmese calendar1358
Byzantine calendar7504–7505
Chinese calendar乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
4693 or 4486
    — to —
丙子年 (Fire Rat)
4694 or 4487
Coptic calendar1712–1713
Discordian calendar3162
Ethiopian calendar1988–1989
Hebrew calendar5756–5757
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2052–2053
 - Shaka Samvat1917–1918
 - Kali Yuga5096–5097
Holocene calendar11996
Igbo calendar996–997
Iranian calendar1374–1375
Islamic calendar1416–1417
Japanese calendarHeisei 8
(平成8年)
Javanese calendar1928–1929
Juche calendar85
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4329
Minguo calendarROC 85
民國85年
Nanakshahi calendar528
Thai solar calendar2539
Tibetan calendar阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
2122 or 1741 or 969
    — to —
阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
2123 or 1742 or 970
Unix time820454400 – 852076799

1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1990s decade.

1996 was designated as:

  • International Year for the Eradication of Poverty

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