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{{About year|1996}}

'''1996''' is a [[leap year starting on Monday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]], and was designated the ''International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''.

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{{Events by month|1996}}

[[File:1996 Events montage 16-grid version.jpg|right|From left to right, top to bottom: [[USB]] is released; [[ICQ]] is founded; the wreckage of [[TWA Flight 800]], which crashes 12 minutes after takeoff from [[New York City]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], with 230 fatalities and 0 survivors; an [[Antonov-32]] plane [[1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash|crashes into a crowded market]] in [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]. Up to 348 people are killed and over 500 injured on the ground; [[Comet Hyakutake]] passes by [[Earth]]; [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly]] is the first [[mammal]] [[cloned]] from an adult [[somatic cell]]; [[1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision|Saudia Flight 763 crashes with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1607 in mid-air]] over [[Charkhi Dadri]], [[India]], making it the [[Mid-air collision|world's deadliest mid-air collision]] with 349 total fatalities and 0 survivors; eight people die in [[1996 Mount Everest disaster|a blizzard on Mount Everest]], raising questions about the safety of trekking on the mountain; The remix of [[Macarena]] sung by the Bayside Boys becomes an international phenomenon; the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Atlanta]], the 100th anniversary of the [[1896 Summer Olympics|first modern Olympic game session]]; the [[Israel Defense Forces]] fired [[Qana massacre|airstrikes]] at a [[United Nations]] compound in southern [[Lebanon]], killing 106 Lebanese civilians; [[Rwanda]] and [[Uganda]] [[Massacres of Hutu refugees during the First Congo War|invaded]] the Democratic Republic of the Congo, triggering the [[First Congo War]]; [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] is signed; [[1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone]] leaves heavy damage in India; [[Dunblane massacre]] 18 people are killed in the deadliest [[mass shooting]] in the [[United Kingdom|British]] history; [[Martin Bryant]] kills 35 people and injures 28 more during a [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|spree shooting]] at [[Port Arthur, Tasmania]].|300x300px|thumb]]

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1996 was designated as:

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* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty

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| align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''Years:'''</small><br> [[1993]] [[1994]] [[1995]] - '''1996(MCMXCVI)''' - [[1997]] [[1998]] [[1999]]

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| align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1960s]] [[1970s]] [[1980s]] - '''[[1990s]]''' - [[2000s]] [[2010s]] [[2020s]]

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| align="center" | <small>'''[[Centuries]]:'''</small> <br> [[19th century]] - '''[[20th century]]''' - [[21st century]] <hr>

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==Events==

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===Environmental change===

*The [[invasive species]] [[Asian long-horned beetle]] is found in [[New York]]

* [[January 7]] - One of the worst [[blizzard]]s in American history hits eastern states, killing more than 100.

* [[February 4]] - Major [[snowstorm]] paralyzes [[Midwest]]ern [[United States]], [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] ties all-time low temperature at -26°F. (-32°C)

* [[May 13]] - Severe [[thunderstorm]]s and a [[tornado]] in [[Bangladesh]] kills 600.

* [[July 18]] - [[July 21|21]] - Storms provoke severe [[flood]]ing on the [[Saguenay River]] in [[Quebec]], in one of [[Canada]]'s most costly [[natural disaster]]s.

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===January===

* [[January 8]] &ndash; A [[Zaire]]an cargo plane [[1996 Air Africa crash|crashes into a crowded market]] in the center of the capital city of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Kinshasa]], killing around 300 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-02-28 |title=An Airplane Crash into Type-K Ndolo Market: What Lesson for the Future?" (abstract) |url=http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/Mainzabstracts.html#airplane |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010228015010/http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/Mainzabstracts.html#airplane |archive-date=2001-02-28 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=pdm.medicine.wisc.edu}}</ref>

* [[January 5]] - [[Hamas]] operative [[Yahya Ayyash]] is killed by an [[Israel]]i-planted [[booby-trap]]ped [[cell phone]].

* [[January 89]] - –[[ZaireJanuary 20|20]]an cargo&ndash; planeSerious crashesfighting intobreaks aout crowdedbetween marketRussian insoldiers theand centerrebel offighters the capitalin [[KinshasaChechnya]] - 350 dead.

* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Ryutaro Hashimoto]], leader of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]], becomes [[Prime Minister of Japan]].

* [[January 9]] - Assassination of [[Eric Hebborn]], art forger, in [[Rome]], Italy.

* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of Italy|Italy's Prime Minister]], [[Lamberto Dini]], resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President [[Oscar Luigi Scalfaro]] to form a new government.

* [[January 14]] - [[Jorge Sampaio]] is elected president of [[Portugal]].

* [[January 2014]] -&ndash; [[YasserJorge ArafatSampaio]] is elected presidentPresident of the [[Palestinian Authority]]Portugal.

* [[January 16]] &ndash; President of [[Sierra Leone]] [[Valentine Strasser]] is deposed by the chief of defence, [[Julius Maada Bio]]. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February.

*[[January 22]] - [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] resigns due to health problems. New government forms under [[Costas Simitis]].

* [[January 19]]

* [[January 24]] - Polish Premier [[Jozef Oleksy]] resigns amid charge he spied for [[Moscow]].

** The [[North Cape oil spill|''North Cape'' oil spill]] occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat ''Scandia'' ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, [[Rhode Island]]. The ''North Cape'' Barge is pulled along with it and leaks 820,000 gallons of home heating oil.

* [[January 26]] - [[Whitewater scandal]]: [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] testifies before a grand jury.

** An [[Indonesia]]n ferry sinks off the northern tip of [[Sumatra]], drowning more than 100 people.

* [[January 27]] - Colonel [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]] deposes the first democratically elected president of [[Niger]] [[Mahamane Ousmane]] in a military coup.

* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Yasser Arafat]] is re-elected president of the [[Palestinian Authority]].

* [[January 29]]

* [[January 21]] &ndash; France undertakes its [[List of nuclear weapons tests of France|last nuclear weapons test]].

** President [[Jacques Chirac]] announces a "definitive end" to French [[nuclear testing]].

* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]], resigns due to health problems; a new government forms under [[Costas Simitis]].

** Fire destroys [[La Fenice]], [[Venice]]'s opera house.

* [[January 24]] &ndash; Polish Premier [[Józef Oleksy]] resigns amid accusations that he spied for [[Moscow]]. He is replaced by [[Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz]].

* [[January 30]] - Leader of the [[Irish National Liberation Army]] [[Gino Gallagher]] is killed, in an internal feud, while in line for his unemployment benefit.

* [[January 27]] &ndash; Colonel [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]] deposes the first democratically elected President of [[Niger]], [[Mahamane Ousmane]], in a military coup.

* [[January 30]] - [[February 5]] - [[Sarah Balabagan]] caned in the [[United Arab Emirates]]

* [[January 31]]
** -[[Colombo Central Bank bombing]]: Anan explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.

** [[Yuji Hyakutake|An amateur astronomer from southern Japan]] discovers [[Comet Hyakutake]]; it will pass very close to the Earth in March.

===February===

* [[February 3]] &ndash; The 6.6 {{M|w}} [[1996 Lijiang earthquake|earthquake near Lijiang]] in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures 17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless.

* [[February]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Recently defected Iraqi weapons program leader and son-in-law to [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Hussein Kamel]], returns to Iraq. Within days of his return, he is murdered along with his brother, father, sister and her children. Kamel had forced Iraq to reveal portions of its illegal nuclear and chemical weapons programs.

* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Birgenair Flight 301]], on a charter flight from the [[Caribbean]] to [[Germany]], crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the [[Dominican Republic]], killing all 189 passengers and crew.

* [[February 1]] - [[Communications Decency Act]] is passed by the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]].

* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[René Préval]] succeeds [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] as President of [[Haiti]] in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier, in 1804.

* [[February 8]] - The [[Telecom Reform Act]] is signed into law by [[United States President]] [[Bill Clinton]].

* [[February 9]]

* [[February 9]] - [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] ceasefire ends with 1 one-ton bomb in London's [[Canary Wharf|Canary Wharf District]] - 2 dead.

** The element [[copernicium]] is created by fusing a [[Isotopes of lead|²⁰⁸Pb]] nucleus with a [[Isotopes of zinc|⁷⁰Zn]] nucleus, forming ²⁷⁸Cn. Given the placeholder name "ununbium", the element is not named until 2010.

* [[February 10]] - [[Computer chess|Chess computer]] [[Deep Blue]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] for the first time.

** An [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] ceasefire ends with the [[1996 Docklands bombing|Docklands bombing]] in London's [[Canary Wharf|Canary Wharf District]], killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage.

* [[February 17]] - In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], world [[chess]] champion [[Garry Kasparov]] beats the "[[Deep Blue]]" [[supercomputer]] in a chess match.

** [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] formally finalizes its $19&nbsp;billion acquisition of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] parent, [[Capital Cities/ABC Inc.]]

* [[February 18]] - IRA [[briefcase bomb]] in [[London]] bus kills the bomber and injures 9 in London [[West End]].

* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Bosnian Serb]]s break off contact with the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] government and with representatives of [[IFOR]], the [[NATO]] localised force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals.

* [[February 29]] - Daniel Green convicted of murder of James R. Jordan, the father of basketball star [[Michael Jordan]].

* [[February 14]] &ndash; Violent clashes erupt between [[Philippines|Filipino]] soldiers and [[Vietnamese boat people]], as the Filipino government attempts to forcibly [[repatriate]] hundreds of Vietnamese [[asylum seeker]]s.

* [[February 15]]

** The American Embassy in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], comes under mortar fire.

** Begum [[Khaleda Zia]] is re-elected as Prime Minister of [[Bangladesh]]. The country's second democratic election is marred by low voter turnout, due to several boycotts and pre-election violence, which has resulted in at least thirteen deaths.

** The UK government publishes the [[Scott Report]].

* [[February 17]] &ndash; The 8.2 {{M|w}} [[1996 Biak earthquake|Biak earthquake]] strikes the [[Papua (province)|Papua]] province of eastern [[Indonesia]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.

* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Cuba]]n fighter jets [[1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft|shoot down two American aircraft]] belonging to the Cuban exile group [[Brothers to the Rescue]]. Cuban officials assert that they invaded Cuban airspace.

* [[February 25]] &ndash; Two suicide bombs in [[Israel]] kill 25 and injure 80; [[Hamas]] claims responsibility.

* [[February 29]]

** [[Faucett Perú Flight 251]] en route from [[Lima]] to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near [[Arequipa]]; all 123 people on board are killed.

** At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of [[Kampala]], [[Uganda]].

** The [[Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian government]] declares the end of the [[Siege of Sarajevo]].

* February:

** The Cuban government recognises the [[Concilio Cubano]] pro-democracy group.<ref>{{cite book |title=Democracy delayed: the case of Castro's Cuba |author=Juan José López |page=34}}</ref>

===March===

* [[March 1]] -&ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi forces refuse [[UNSCOM]] inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to 17seventeen hours.

* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[1996 Australian federal election]]: The [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[John Howard]] defeats the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Keating government|government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Paul Keating]]. Howard was sworn in on March 11.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1996 |title=1996 Federal Election &#124; AustralianPolitics.com |website=australianpolitics.com |access-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902152116/http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1996 |url-status=live}}</ref>

*[[March 2]] - [[John Howard]] is elected [[Prime Minister of Australia]] in a landslide election victory, over the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party's]] [[Paul Keating]].

* [[March 113]] -&ndash; [[JohnJosé HowardMaría Aznar]], becomesleader of the twenty-fifth [[AustralianPeople's PrimeParty Ministers(Spain)|Popular Party]], is elected as [[Prime Minister of Spain]], ofreplacing [[AustraliaFelipe González]].

* [[March 3]]–[[March 4|4]] &ndash; Two suicide bombs explode in [[Israel]], killing 32 people. The [[Yahya Ayyash Units]] admit responsibility, and [[Palestinian National Authority|Palestinian]] president [[Yasser Arafat]] condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation.

* [[March 13]] - [[Dunblane Massacre|The Dunblane Massacre]].

* [[March 6]]

* [[March 19]] - [[Sarajevo]] becomes a united city when Muslim-Croat authorities took control of the last district held by Serbs.

** [[Mesut Yılmaz]] of [[Motherland Party (Turkey)|ANAP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (53rd government).

* [[March 20]]

** A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside [[Freetown]] harbour in [[Sierra Leone]], killing at least 86 people.

** In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Lyle and Erik Menendez]] are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.

** [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels attack the Russian government headquarters in [[Grozny]]; 70 Russian soldiers and policemen and 130 Chechen fighters are killed.

** The [[British Government]] announces that [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy]] was likely to have been transmitted to people.

* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Third Taiwan Strait Crisis]]: [[China]] begins [[surface-to-surface missile]] testing and military exercises off [[Taiwan]]ese coastal areas. The [[United States]] government condemns the act as provocation, and the [[Taiwan]]ese government warns of retaliation.

* [[March 23]] - The [[Republic of China]] on [[Taiwan]] holds its first direct elections for president. [[Lee Teng-hui]] is reelected.

* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Jorge Sampaio]] becomes the new Portuguese president.

* [[March 25]] - An 81-day long standoff between antigovernment [[Freemen]] in [[Jordan, Montana]] and federal officers begins.

* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Dunblane massacre]]: Unemployed former shopkeeper [[Dunblane school massacre#Perpetrator|Thomas Hamilton]] walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing sixteen infant school pupils and one teacher before committing suicide.

* [[March 26]] - The [[International Monetary Fund]] approves a $10.2 billion loan to [[Russia]] for economic reform.

[[File:Summit of the Peacemakers in Sharm el-Sheikh, March 13, 1996 II Dan Hadani Archive.jpg|180px|thumb|Summit of the Peacemakers in Sharm el-Sheikh]]

* [[March 30]] - The [[Jeff Kennett|Kennett]] government is re-elected in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] with a 30 seat majority.

* [[March 14]] &ndash; An international peace summit is held in [[Egypt]] in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East.

* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Fokker]], a major manufacturer of small size [[aircraft]], goes [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]] in [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-03-15 |title=Bankruptcy Closes Fokker -- 5,664 Employees Lose Jobs At Venerable Aircraft Maker |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960315&slug=2319031 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313033733/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19960315&slug=2319031 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |access-date=2021-02-05 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Robert Mugabe]] is re-elected as President of [[Zimbabwe]], although only 32% of the electorate actually voted.

* [[March 17]] &ndash; [[Sri Lanka]] wins the Cricket World Cup by beating [[Australia]] in the [[1996 Cricket World Cup Final|final]].

* [[March 18]] &ndash; The [[Ozone Disco Club fire]] in [[Quezon City]], [[Philippines]], kills 163 people.<ref>"[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/348777/what-went-before-ozone-disco-is-no-6-in-worlds-deadliest-nightclub-fires What went before : Ozone disco is No.6 in deadliest nightclub fires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824212641/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/348777/what-went-before-ozone-disco-is-no-6-in-worlds-deadliest-nightclub-fires |date=August 24, 2013 }}." ''Philippine Daily Inquirer.'' January 29, 2013</ref>

* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Sweden]]'s Finance Minister [[Göran Persson]] becomes the new [[Prime Minister of Sweden]].

* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Taiwan]] (Republic of China) holds its first direct elections for president; [[Lee Teng-hui]] is re-elected.

* [[March 24]] &ndash; The [[Marcopper mining disaster]] on the island of [[Marinduque]], [[Philippines]] takes place.

* [[March 25]] &ndash; The [[68th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Whoopi Goldberg]], are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]] with ''[[Braveheart]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].

* [[March 26]] &ndash; The [[International Monetary Fund]] approves a $10.2&nbsp;billion loan to [[Russia]] for economic reform.

===April===

*[[April 1]] &ndash; The [[Amalgamation of the Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax Regional Municipality]] encompassing the [[City of Halifax]], the [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|City of Dartmouth]], the [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Town of Bedford]], and the [[Halifax County, Nova Scotia|Municipality of the County of Halifax]] is formed in [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gkaRoypvCU8C&q=halifax+regional+municipality+april+1+1996 |title=Local Government in Canada |isbn=978-0-17-616791-2 |last1=Tindal |first1=C. R. |last2=Nobes Tindal |first2=S. |date=2000 |publisher=Nelson Thomson Learning}}</ref>

* [[April 3]]

* [[April 3]]

** Suspected "Unabomber" [[Theodore Kaczynski]] is arrested at his [[Montana]] cabin.

** A [[Boeing 737]] [[1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash|military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia]]. All 35 people on board are killed, including [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] [[Ron Brown]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kempster |first1=Norman |last2=Risen |first2=James |date=1996-04-04 |title=Ron Brown Feared Dead in Crash |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-04-mn-54873-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606201244/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-04-mn-54873-story.html |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

** The first EuroHowl is held in [[Aberystwyth]], [[Wales]].

** [[Burundian Civil War]]: massacres of [[Hutu]]s by [[Tutsi]]s in [[Burundi]] take place with more than 450 killed within a few days.

** A [[Lunar eclipse]] occurred.

* [[April 6]]

* [[April 6]] - An overflow crowd of 31,683 at [[Spartan Stadium, San Jose|Spartan Stadium]] witnessed the historic first game for [[Major League Soccer]]. [[San Jose Clash]] forward [[Eric Wynalda]] scored the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over [[D. C. United]].

** [[First Liberian Civil War]]: fighting breaks out in [[Monrovia]], [[Liberia]], between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation.

*[[April 10]] - United States President [[Bill Clinton]] vetos a bill that would have banned [[partial-birth abortion]].

** [[Turkey|Turkish]] authorities begin [[Operation Hawk]], a military offensive against rebels from the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] in south-east Turkey.

* [[April 18]] - Over 100 [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] civilians were killed after Israel shelled the [[UN]] compound in [[Qana]]. ''See [[Qana Massacre]]''.

** [[Major League Soccer]] begins its [[1996 Major League Soccer season|inaugural season]] with a match between the [[San Jose Clash]] and [[D.C. United]] in [[San Jose, California]]. It is the first top-level men's soccer league in the United States since the collapse of the [[North American Soccer League]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Jack |date=April 6, 2016 |title=Golden Goal: Eric Wynalda for San Jose Clash v DC United (1996) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/06/eric-wynalda-san-jose-clash-dc-united-golden-goal |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=July 14, 2025}}</ref>

* [[April 28]] - [[Martin Bryant]] kills 35 people as part of the [[Port Arthur Massacre]], at the [[Port Arthur, Tasmania|Port Arthur]] tourist site, [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]].

* [[April 9]] &ndash; In a common statement, the [[European Union]] officially recognises the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]].

* [[April 29]] - Official opening of [[Rent (musical)]] on [[Broadway]].

* [[April 11]] &ndash; The [[Israel]]i government launches [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]], consisting of massive attacks on [[Lebanon]], in retaliation for "terrorist attacks", and sparking off a violent series of retaliations.

* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Qana massacre]]: Over 100 [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] civilians are killed after Israel shells the [[United Nations]] compound in [[Qana]]. In reaction, an [[Islamist]] group in [[Egypt]] opens fire on a hotel, killing eighteen Greek tourists and injuring seventeen others.

* [[April 21]] &ndash; A [[1996 Italian general elections|general election]] in Italy proclaims a new center-left government headed by [[Romano Prodi]], replacing [[Silvio Berlusconi]].

* [[April 24]] &ndash; At the urging of [[Yasser Arafat]], the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] drops its clause in [[Palestinian National Covenant]] calling for the removal of [[Israel]] (→ [[Legitimacy of the State of Israel]]). The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of [[Palestine]].

* [[April 26]] &ndash; Shanghai Five group, predecessor of the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation]], is created with the signing of the Treaty on Deepening Military Trust in Border Regions in [[Shanghai]] by the heads of states of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Shanghai Cooperation Organization |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/shanghai-cooperation-organization |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016032848/https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/shanghai-cooperation-organization |archive-date=16 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[April 28]]

** [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)]]: [[Martin Bryant]] kills 35 people at the [[Port Arthur, Tasmania|Port Arthur]] tourist site in [[Tasmania]].

** [[Bhai Pheru bus bombing]]: A bomb explodes in [[Bhai Pheru]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]], killing more than 60 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=WORLD NEWS BRIEFS;Pakistan Premier Blames 'Foreigners' for Bombing |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/30/world/world-news-briefs-pakistan-premier-blames-foreigners-for-bombing.html |access-date=26 January 2022 |agency=New York times |date=30 April 1996}}</ref>

===May===

* May &ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of [[Al Hakum (Iraq)|Al-Hakam]], Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents.

* [[May 10]] - A sudden storm engulfs [[Mount Everest]] with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving 8 dead. By the end of the month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date.

* [[May 9]]

* [[May 11]] - After taking-off from [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], a fire started by improperly-handled [[oxygen]] canisters in the cargo hold of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]-bound [[ValuJet Flight 592]] causes the [[Douglas DC-9]] to crash in the [[Everglades|Florida Everglades]], killing all 110 on board.

** South Africa's [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the [[African National Congress]] assumes full political control.

* [[May 20]] - [[Gay rights]]: The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules in ''[[Romer v. Evans]]'' against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of [[Colorado]] from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of [[homosexual]]s.

** [[Uganda]]n president [[Yoweri Museveni]] wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75% of the vote.

* [[May 23]] - Swede [[Göran Kropp]] reaches [[Mount Everest]] summit alone without [[oxygen]] after having [[bicycle]]d there from [[Sweden]].

* [[May 10]]

* [[May 27]] - [[First Chechnya War]]: [[Russia]]n President [[Boris Yeltsin]] meets with [[Chechnya]]n rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the war.

** [[1996 Everest disaster]]: A sudden storm engulfs [[Mount Everest]] with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving eight people dead. By the end of the month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date.

* [[May 27]] - [[Doctor Who]] makes its return to British television for the first time since 1989. [[Paul McGann]] stared on the US made movie and pitted the Doctor against [[Eric Roberts']] Master.

** The Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both [[automatic rifle|automatic]] and [[semi-automatic rifle]]s, in response to the [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur massacre]].

* [[May 31]] - [[id Software]] releases the [[first person shooter]] [[computer game]] [[Quake]].

* [[May 11]] &ndash; After takeoff from [[Miami]], a fire started by improperly handled [[oxygen]] canisters in the cargo hold of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]-bound [[ValuJet Flight 592]] causes the [[Douglas DC-9]] to crash in the [[Everglades|Florida Everglades]], killing all 110 people on board.

* [[May]]-[[June]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents.

* [[May 13]] -&ndash; Severe [[The Onionthunderstorm]]s launchesand itsa satirical[[tornado]] newsin publication[[Bangladesh]] onkill the600 Internetpeople.

* [[May 17]]–[[May 28|28]] &ndash; [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], is elected as [[Prime Minister of India]], replacing [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] of the [[Indian National Congress]]. However, the party does not receive an overall majority and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence vote and is replaced by the [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] leader, [[Deve Gowda]].

* [[May 18]] &ndash; The [[X Prize Foundation]] launches the $10,000,000 [[Ansari X Prize]].

* [[May 21]]

** The ''[[MV Bukoba]]'' sinks in [[Tanzania]]n waters in [[Lake Victoria]], killing nearly 1,000 people in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.<ref name=Arai>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/21-years-on-mv-bukoba-is-still-remembered-2589486 |title=21 years on, MV Bukoba is still remembered |date=May 21, 2017 |publisher=The Citizen |access-date=July 18, 2024}}</ref>

** Seven [[Trappists|Trappist]] monks from the [[Abbey of Our Lady of Atlas|monastery of Thibirine]] are [[Murder of the monks of Tibhirine|killed]] by members of the [[Armed Islamic Group]] in [[Algeria]] after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitney |first1=Craig R. |title=7 French Monks Reported Killed By Islamic Militants in Algeria |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/24/world/7-french-monks-reported-killed-by-islamic-militants-in-algeria.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=12 January 2024 |date=24 May 1996}}</ref><ref name=France24>{{cite news |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20090706-algerian-army-accused-french-monk-massacre |title=Algerian army accused in massacre of French monks |publisher=France 24 |date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707230903/http://www.france24.com/en/20090706-algerian-army-accused-french-monk-massacre |archive-date=7 July 2009}}</ref>

* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[First Chechnya War]]: Russian President [[Boris Yeltsin]] meets with [[Chechnya]]n rebels for the first time and negotiates a ceasefire for the dispute.

* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Albania]]'s [[1996 Albanian parliamentary election|general election]] of [[May 26]] is declared unfair by international monitors, and the ruling [[Democratic Party of Albania|Democratic Party]] under President Muhannad Ibrahim is charged by the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] with rigging the elections. Several hundred protestors gather in [[Tirana]] to demonstrate against the election result.

* [[May 30]] &ndash; The [[Likud Party]], led by [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], wins a narrow victory in the [[1996 Israeli general election|Israeli general election]].

===June===

* [[June]] -&ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the U.S.United States fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.

* [[June 1]]–[[June 3|3]] &ndash; The Czech Republic's [[1996 Czech parliamentary election|first general election]] ends inconclusively. Prime Minister [[Václav Klaus]] and his incumbent [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President [[Václav Havel]] refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition.

* [[June 1]] - [[Tennessee]] celebrates its [[1796|bicentennial]] statehood.

* [[June 4]] &ndash; The space [[rocket]] [[Ariane 5]] explodes forty seconds in [[Ariane flight V88|its maiden flight]], after takeoff in [[French Guiana]]. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.

* [[June 6]] - The sons of [[Darlie Routier]], Damon and Devon are stabbed to death in their Rowlett, Texas home. Their mother would later be convicted of the [[murder]].

* [[June 86]] - The&ndash; [[1996Leighton EuropeanW. FootballSmith, ChampionshipJr.]]s startresigns inas [[EnglandNATO]] commander in the face of increasing criticism.

* [[June 8]]&ndash;[[June 30|30]] &ndash; [[England]] hosts the [[UEFA Euro 1996]] football tournament, which is won by [[Germany national football team|Germany]].

* [[June 10]] - Peace talks begin in [[Northern Ireland]] without [[Sinn Féin]]

* [[June 11]]

* [[June 10]] - The [[Colorado Avalanche]] sweep the [[Florida Panthers]] in 4 games in the 1996 [[Stanley Cup Finals]].

** An explosion in a [[São Paulo]] suburban shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100.

* [[June 12]] - In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the [[internet]]. The panel says that the 1996 [[Communications Decency Act]] would infringe upon the [[free speech]] rights of adults.

** A peace convoy carrying [[Chechen people|Chechen]] separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed.

* [[June 13]] - An 81-day standoff between the [[Freemen]] and [[FBI]] agents ends with their surrender in [[Montana]].

* [[June 15]] &ndash; In [[Manchester]], UK, an [[1996 Manchester bombing|IRA bomb injures over 200 people]] and devastates a large part of the city centre.

* [[June 15]]- A large bomb explosion devastates [[Manchester]] City Centre in [[England]].

* [[June 28]]

* [[June 25]] - 19 U.S. servicemen are killed at [[Khobar Towers bombing]] in [[Saudi Arabia]].

** A new government is formed in [[Turkey]], with [[Necmettin Erbakan]] of [[Refah Partisi]] becoming Prime Minister of the coalition government, and Deputy/Foreign Minister [[Tansu Çiller]] of the [[True Path Party]] succeeding him after two years.

*[[June 30]] - [[Costas Simitis]] is elected President of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] of [[Greece]].

** The [[Constitution of Ukraine]] is signed into law.

* [[June 29]]

** [[The Prince's Trust]] concert is held in [[Hyde Park, London]], and is attended by 150,000 people. [[The Who]] headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.

** An explosion in a firecrackers factory in [[Sichuan Province]], China kills at least 52 people and injures 83 others.

* [[June 30]]

** [[Costas Simitis]] is elected president of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] of Greece.

** [[Bosnian Serb]] leader [[Radovan Karadžić]] relinquishes power to his deputy, [[Biljana Plavšić]].

===July===

* July

* [[July]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: U.N. Inspector Ritter attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport, but is blocked by [[Iraq]]i officials.

** [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: U.N. Inspector [[Scott Ritter]] attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport but is blocked by [[Iraq]]i officials.

* [[July 1]] - The [[Northern Territory]] in [[Australia]] legalises voluntary [[euthanasia]].

** The [[India]]n government officially renames the city of Madras, restoring the name [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-17-1996-madras-came-to-be-known-as-chennai |title=July 17 1996 – Madras to be known as Chennai |website=www.mapsofindia.com |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=2017-07-26 |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717002209/https://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/july-17-1996-madras-came-to-be-known-as-chennai |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 5]] - [[Dolly the sheep]], the first [[mammal]] to be successfully [[cloning|cloned]] from an adult [[cell (biology)|cell]], is born.

* [[July 1]]

* [[July 8]] - [[Martina Hingis]] youngest person in [[history]] (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at [[Wimbledon championships|Wimbledon]] ([[Ladies Doubles]] event).

** The [[Northern Territory]] in Australia legalises voluntary [[euthanasia]].

* [[July 8]] - [[Israel|Israeli]] Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] received a hand-delivered document, "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Security the Realm," spelling out how [[Israel]] could abrogate the [[Oslo Accords]], and pursue a permanent annexation of the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]], among other policies. The paper had been prepared for him by [[Richard Perle]], [[Donald Rumsfeld]], [[Doug Feith]], [[David Wurmser]] and [[John R. Bolton]].

** [[German orthography reform of 1996]] agreed internationally.

* [[July 17]] - Off the coast of [[Long Island, New York]], a [[Paris]]-bound [[Boeing 747]] carrying [[TWA flight 800]] explodes killing all 230 on board.

* [[July 193]] - The&ndash; [[1996 SummerBoris OlympicsYeltsin]] inis [[Atlanta,1996 Georgia|Atlanta]],Russian [[Georgiapresidential (U.S. state)election|Georgiare-elected]], as [[UnitedPresident Statesof Russia]], isafter openedthe bysecond USround presidentof [[Bill Clinton]]elections.

* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Dolly the sheep]], the first [[mammal]] to be successfully [[cloning|cloned]] from an adult [[cell (biology)|cell]], is born at the [[Roslin Institute]] in [[Midlothian]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom|UK]].

* [[July 27]] - The [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] kills one and injures 111.

* [[July 11]] &ndash; Arrest warrants are issued for [[Bosnian Serb]] war criminals [[Radovan Karadžić]] and [[Ratko Mladić]] by the [[Russell Tribunal]] in [[The Hague]].

* [[July 29]] - The child protection portion of the [[Communications Decency Act]] (1996) is struck down as too broad by a US federal court.

* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Bertha (1996)|Hurricane Bertha]]: made landfall in [[North Carolina]] as a Category&nbsp;2 storm, causing $270&nbsp;million in damage (${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|270000000|1996}}}} in present-day terms{{Inflation-fn|US}}) to the United States and its possessions and many indirect deaths.

* [[July 31]] - MIL-STD-[[1750A]] was declared inactive for use in new designs.

* [[July 16]] &ndash; An outbreak of [[Escherichia coli|E. coli]] [[food poisoning]] in Japan results in 6,000 children being ill, including two deaths, after a group of school children eat contaminated lunches.

* [[July 17]]

** The [[Community of Portuguese Language Countries]] (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is constituted.

** Paris- and Rome-bound [[TWA Flight 800]] ([[Boeing 747]]) explodes off the coast of [[Long Island, New York]], killing all 230 people on board.

* [[July 19]]

** The [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], United States, begin.

** [[Bosnian Serb]] President [[Radovan Karadžić]] resigns from public office in [[Republika Srpska]] after being indicted for [[war crime]]s.

* [[July 21]] &ndash; The [[Saguenay Flood]], one of Canada's most costly [[natural disaster]]s, is caused by flooding on the [[Saguenay River]] in [[Quebec]].

* [[July 22]] &ndash; The first ''Gethsemani Encounter'' takes place at the [[abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani]]. This event, hosted by the [[DIMMID]], is the first intermonastic dialogue between Buddhist and Christian monks and is attended by the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] and Bishop [[Joseph John Gerry]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Borelli |first1=John |title=In Memoriam: Bishop Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B. (1928-2023) |journal=Dilatato Corde |date=2023 |volume=XIII |issue=2 July - December |url=https://dimmid.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7b7F171057-4EB9-487F-9E54-5DC835955930%7d |access-date=6 February 2024 |publisher=DIMMID}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Norman |title=On Conferences: The Second Gethsemani Encounter |url=https://tricycle.org/magazine/conferences-second-gethsemani-encounter/ |website=Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |publisher=Tricycle |access-date=6 February 2024 |language=en |date=Fall 2002}}</ref>

* [[July 24]] &ndash; The [[Dehiwala train bombing]] kills 56 commuters outside [[Colombo]].

* [[July 25]] &ndash; The [[Tutsi]]-led [[Burundi]]an army performs a [[1996 Burundian coup d'état|coup]] and reinstalls previous president [[Pierre Buyoya]], ousting current president [[Sylvestre Ntibantunganya]].

* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in the United States kills one person and injures 111.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eric Rudolph Lays Out the Arguments that Fueled His Two-Year Bomb Attacks |first=Doug |last=Gross |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=April 14, 2005 |url=http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation/20050414-0149-ericrudolph.html |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902211443/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation/20050414-0149-ericrudolph.html |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===August===

[[File:ALH84001 structures.jpg|thumb|The electron microscope reveals chain structures in meteorite fragment [[ALH84001]].]]

* [[August 1]] - [[Sarah Balabagan]] returns to the [[Philippines]]

* August

* [[August 4]] - The closing ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics takes place.

** The first three-parent baby is conceived in New Jersey through [[mitochondrial donation]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/magazine/the-brave-new-world-of-three-parent-ivf.html |title=The Brave New World of Three-Parent I.V.F. |first=Kim |last=Tingley |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-date=May 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520131825/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/magazine/the-brave-new-world-of-three-parent-ivf.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[August 6]] - [[NASA]] announces that the [[ALH 84001]] meteorite thought to originate from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms

** The [[invasive species]] [[Asian long-horned beetle]] is found in New York City.

* [[August 6]] - [[Australia]]n [[Australian Bureau of Statistics|census]]

* [[August 1]]

* [[August 6]] - [[The Ramones]] play their last show ever at [[Lollapalooza]].

** [[Sarah Balabagan]] returns to the [[Philippines]].

* [[August 13]] - Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicated there may be [[water]] on one of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]'s moons

** A pro-democracy demonstration supporting [[Megawati Sukarnoputri]] in [[Indonesia]] is broken up by riot police.

* [[August 28]] - Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the [[High Court]] in [[London]]. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled, [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].

* [[August 4]] &ndash; The [[1996 Summer Olympics]] conclude.

* [[August 31]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern [[Iraqi no-fly zones|No-Fly Zone]] and capture Arbil.

* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[NASA]] announces that the [[Allan Hills 84001]] meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars]], may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms; further tests are inconclusive.

* [[August 7]] &ndash; Heavy rains kill more than 80 campers near [[Huesca]], Spain.<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Journal of the European Communities: Debates of the European Parliament |publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |year=1996 |pages=278–279}}</ref>

* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Boris Yeltsin]] is sworn in at the [[Kremlin]] for a second term as [[President of Russia]].

* [[August 13]] &ndash; Data sent back by the [[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]] [[space probe]] indicates there may be [[water]] on one of [[Jupiter]]'s moons.

* [[August 14]] &ndash; A rocket ignited during a [[fireworks]] display in [[Arequipa]], [[Peru]] knocks down a high-tension power cable into a dense crowd, electrocuting 35 people.

* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Bob Dole]] is nominated for [[President of the United States]], and [[Jack Kemp]] for vice president, at the [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Diego]], [[California]].

* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Brookfield Zoo]], [[Chicago]]. After a 3-year-old boy falls into the {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}} deep gorilla enclosure, [[Binti Jua]], a female lowland [[gorilla]] sits with the injured boy until his rescue.

* [[August 21]]

** Former State President of South Africa, [[F. W. de Klerk]], makes an official apology for crimes committed under [[Apartheid]] to the [[Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa)|Truth and Reconciliation Commission]] in [[Cape Town]].

** In the UK, Queen [[Elizabeth II]] issues [[letters patent]] on divorced former wives of British princes, taking away from the ex-wives the attribute and style of [[Royal Highness]]. With that [[Sarah, Duchess of York]] as well as [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] legally cease to be Royals, but they remain as non-royal Duchess and Princess.

* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Osama bin Laden]] writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," a call for the removal of American military forces from Saudi Arabia.

* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[David Dellinger]], [[Bradford Lyttle]], and nine others are arrested by the [[Federal Protective Service (United States)|Federal Protective Service]] while protesting in a demonstration at the [[Kluczynski Federal Building]] in downtown Chicago during [[1996 Democratic National Convention|that year's Democratic National Convention]].<ref>

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* [[August 28]] &ndash; Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the [[High Court of Justice]] in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], due to the Queen's [[letters patent]] issued a week earlier.

* [[August 29]]

** U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] and Vice President [[Al Gore]] are re-nominated at the [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]].

** A Russian [[Tupolev]] 154 jetliner [[Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801|crashes]] into a mountain as it approaches the airport at [[Spitsbergen]], Norway, killing all 141 people on board.

* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern [[Iraqi no-fly zones|No-Fly Zone]] and capture Arbil.

===September===

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* [[September 4]] - [[War on Drugs]]: [[Colombia]]n Revolutionary Armed Forces ([[FARC]]) attack a military base in [[Guaviare]], [[Colombia]] starting three weeks of [[guerrilla]] warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 [[Colombia]]ns.

* [[September 2]] &ndash; A permanent peace agreement is signed at [[Malacañang Palace]] between the [[Government of the Philippines]] and the [[Moro National Liberation Front (Misuari faction)|Moro National Liberation Front]].

* [[September 7]] - Rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] shot in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] following [[Mike Tyson]] bout. He would succumb 6 nights later on [[September 13]].

* [[September 113]] -&ndash; AubreyThe BerryhillUnited andStates Ashtonlaunches Cayado[[Operation wonDesert Strike]] against [[Iraq]] in reaction to the Nobelattack on prizeArbil.

* [[September 4]] &ndash; The [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] attack a military base in [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare, Colombia]], starting three weeks of [[guerrilla warfare]] that will claim the lives of at least 130 [[Colombia]]ns.

* [[September 22]] - The [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] under the leadership of [[Costas Simitis]] succeeds in the Greek legislative election, 1996.

* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Fran]] makes landfall near [[Cape Fear (headland)|Cape Fear]], [[North Carolina]] as a [[Category 3 hurricane|Category 3]] storm with {{convert|115|mph|abbr=on}} sustained winds. Fran caused over $3&nbsp;billion in damages (${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|3000000000|1996}}}} in present-day terms{{Inflation-fn|US}}) and killed 27 people, mainly in North Carolina. The name "Fran" was retired due to the extensive damage.

* [[September 25]] - The last of the [[Magdalen Asylum]]s was closed in [[Ireland]].

* [[September 2510]] -&ndash; [[NicuComprehensive Ceauşescu]]Nuclear diesTest fromBan [[cirrhosisTreaty]] of(CTBT) thesigned [[liver]](it inwill abe [[Vienna|Viennese]]ratified hospital.180 Hedays wasafter theratification youngerby son44 ofAnnex [[Nicolae2 Ceauşescu]]countries).

* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Alija Izetbegović]] is elected President of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in the country's [[1996 Bosnian general election|first election]] since the [[Bosnian War]].

* [[September 27]] - In [[Afghanistan]], the [[Taliban]] capture capital city [[Kabul]] after driving out President [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] and executing former leader [[Mohammad Najibullah]].

* [[September 20]] &ndash; Leader of [[Pakistan]]i opposition party [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] [[Murtaza Bhutto]] is killed during a gunfight with police.

* [[September 22]] &ndash; The [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] under the leadership of [[Costas Simitis]] succeeds in the [[1996 Greek legislative election]].

* [[September 24]] &ndash; U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] at the [[United Nations]].

* [[September 27]] &ndash; In [[Islamic State of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], the [[Taliban]] [[Battle of Kabul (1992–1996)|capture the capital city]] of [[Kabul]], after driving out President [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] and executing former leader [[Mohammad Najibullah]].

===October===

* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Aeroperú Flight 603]] crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from [[Lima]] Airport, killing all 70 people on board.

* [[October 2]] - The [[Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments]] are signed by U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]].

* [[October 6]] &ndash; The government of [[New Zealand]] agrees to pay $130&nbsp;million worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the [[Māori people|Māori]] population between the years of 1844 and 1864.

* [[October 2]] - Assassination of the former prime minister of [[Bulgaria]], [[Andrei Lukanov]]

* [[October 22]] &ndash; A fire at La Planta prison in southwest [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], kills thirty prisoners.

* [[October 14]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00 -- The Dow's [[Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average|first]] close above 6,000.

* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402]] crashes into a densely populated area of [[São Paulo]], killing all 96 people on board.

* [[October 23]] - Opening statements in the [[O.J. Simpson]] civil trial begin.

===November===

* [[November]] -&ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country.

* [[November 5]] -&ndash; [[U.S.1996 United States presidential election, 1996]]: Incumbent [[UnitedDemocratic StatesParty Democrat(United PartyStates)|DemocratDemocratic]] incumbentPresident [[Bill Clinton]] defeats his [[United States Republican Party |(United States)|Republican]] challenger, [[Bob Dole]] toand win[[Reform hisParty secondof termthe United States of America|Reform Party]] candidate [[Ross Perot]].

* [[November 7]] - [[NASA]] launches the [[Mars Global Surveyor]].

** A [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|category 4]] [[1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone|cyclone]] strikes [[Andhra Pradesh]], India, killing at least 1,000 people.

* [[November 15]] - [[Alger Hiss]], former U.S. State Department official

** [[NASA]] launches the [[Mars Global Surveyor]].

* [[November 16]] - [[Mother Teresa]] receives honorary US citizenship.

* [[November 8]] &ndash; All 144 people on board a [[Nigeria]]n-owned [[Boeing 727]] die after the aircraft [[ADC Airlines Flight 086|crashed]] into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching [[Lagos]] [[Murtala Muhammed International Airport|airport]].

* [[November 18]] - World-renowned [[bird]] expert [[Tony Silva]] is sentenced to seven years in prison without [[parole]] for leading an illegal [[parrot]] smuggling ring.

* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Saudi Arabian Airlines]] Boeing 747 [[1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision|collides in mid-air]] with [[Kazakhstan Airlines]] Il-76 in New Delhi, India, resulting in the loss of 349 lives.

* [[November 19]] - U.S President Bill Clinton makes a visit to Australia in which he addresses both Houses of Parliament

* [[November 17]]

* [[November 23]] - The [[Angola|Republic of Angola]] officially joins the [[World Trade Organization]], as ''Angola''.

** A [[1996 Kaspiysk bombing|bomb explodes]] in [[Kaspiysk]], Russia, killing 32 people.

* [[November 25]] - The U.S. [[stock market]]s, especially the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]], gains at an incredibly fast pace following the 1996 Presidential elections. It gains 10 days in a row during the month (a feat that hasn't been touched as of [[June 2005]]), and burned through five century marks:

** [[Emil Constantinescu]] is [[1996 Romanian general election|elected]] as President of [[Romania]].

**6,100 on [[November 6]]

* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Frederick Chiluba]] is [[1996 Zambian general election|re-elected]] as President of [[Zambia]].

**6,200 [[November 7|the next day]]

**6,300 on [[November 1419]]

** Martin Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 1,035 years without parole for murdering 35 people in a shooting spree in [[Tasmania]] earlier this year.

**6,400 on [[November 20]]

** Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization ([[CTBTO]]) established.

**6,500 today

** ''[[STS-80]]'': [[Space Shuttle Columbia]] conducts the longest mission of the [[Space Shuttle program]].

* [[November 20]] &ndash; The [[1996 Garley Building fire]] occurred in [[Hong Kong]], resulting in 41 deaths and 81 injuries.

* [[November 21]] &ndash; A [[propane]] [[Humberto Vidal explosion|explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] kills 33 people.

* [[November 23]]

** The [[Angola|Republic of Angola]] officially joins the [[World Trade Organization]] as ''Angola''.

** [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961]] is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of [[Comoros]] after running out of fuel, killing 125.

* [[November 25]] &ndash; An [[ice storm]] strikes the U.S. killing 26 directly and hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts [[Florida]] with winds gusts up to 90&nbsp;mph.

===December===

* [[December 29]] - US President&ndash; [[BillJerry ClintonRawlings]] signsis [[Electronic1996 FreedomGhanaian ofgeneral Informationelection|re-elected]] Actas AmendmentsPresident of [[Ghana]].

* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Tung Chee-hwa]] is appointed to become the new leader of [[Hong Kong]] after it reverts to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997, at the end of a [[British Hong Kong|99-year lease]] to the [[United Kingdom]].

* [[December 5]] - [[Federal Reserve Board]] Chairman [[Alan Greenspan]] gives a speech in which he suggests that "[[irrational exuberance]]" may have "unduly escalated asset values".

* [[December 13]] &ndash; Ghanaian diplomat [[Kofi Annan]] is elected by the [[United Nations Security Council]] the next [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]].

* [[December 12]] - [[Uday Hussein]] is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.

* [[December 17]] -&ndash; The [[TupacTúpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement]] takes [[Japanese embassy hostage crisis|72 hostages in [[Japan]]esethe Japanese Embassy]] in [[Lima]], [[Peru]].

* [[December 2625]] -&ndash; [[JonBenétAt Ramsey]],least a283 six-year-oldmigrants beautydrown queen,in wasthe found[[Sinking murderedof inF174|sinking herof family's'F174'']] basement innear [[Boulder,Capo ColoradoPassero]] (Sicily).

* [[December 27]] -&ndash; [[Taliban]] forces retake the strategic [[Bagram airAir baseBase]], which solidifiessolidifying their buffer zone around [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]].

* [[December 29]] -&ndash; [[Guatemala]] and the leaders of the [[Guatemalan National Revolutionary UnionUnity]] sign a [[Guatemalan Peace Process 1994-1996|peace accord]] that ends athe 36 -year a [[civilGuatemalan Civil warWar]].

* [[December 30]] -&ndash; In the [[India]]nIndian state of [[Assam]], a passenger train is bombed by [[Bodo people|Bodo]] separatists, killing 26.

* [[December 30]] - Proposed budget cuts by [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across [[Israel]].

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==Births=January===

[[File:Florence Pugh in 2020 (1) crop.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Florence Pugh]]]]

*[[February 9]] - [[Jimmy Bennett]], child actor

[[File:Kim Jennie (김제니) 05.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]]]]

*[[July 5]] - [[Dolly the sheep]], the world's first cloned [[mammal]] (d. [[2003]])

[[File:Courtney Eaton by Sachyn Mital (medium crop).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Courtney Eaton]]]]

* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Florence Pugh]], English actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2023: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |publisher=Bernan Press |year=2022 |isbn=9781636710693 |page=71}}</ref>

* [[January 6]]

** [[Soufiane El Bakkali]], Moroccan steeplechase runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Soufiane EL BAKKALI |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/morocco/soufiane-el-bakkali-14590424 |website=worldathletics.com |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117100358/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/morocco/soufiane-el-bakkali-14590424 |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Courtney Eaton]], Australian actress

** [[Harmanpreet Singh]], Indian hockey player

* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Helly Shah]], Indian actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swaragini actress Swara aka Helly Shah celebrates birthday with co-actors |last=Goswami |first=Parismita |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=8 January 2016 |access-date=12 December 2016 |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/swaragini-actress-swara-aka-helly-shah-celebrates-birthday-co-actors-photo-662496 |archive-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062848/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/swaragini-actress-swara-aka-helly-shah-celebrates-birthday-co-actors-photo-662496 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Budda Baker]], American football safety <ref>{{cite web |title=Cardinals safety Budda Baker signs three-year, $54M extension |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-safety-budda-baker-signs-three-year-54m-extension |author=Gordon, Grant |website=NFL.com |date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Leroy Sané]], German footballer <ref>{{cite web |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2020/07/leroy-sane-signs-for-fc-bayern-munich-on-five-year-contract |title=Leroy Sané signs for FC Bayern |website=FC Bayern Munich |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=2 January 2025 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001052839/https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2020/07/leroy-sane-signs-for-fc-bayern-munich-on-five-year-contract |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Ella Henderson]], English singer

* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Dove Cameron]], American actress and singer

* [[January 16]]

** [[Anastasia Grishina]], Russian artistic gymnast

** [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]], South Korean singer and rapper

* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Nile Wilson]], British artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/gymnast-profiles/245901/nile-wilson |title=Nile Wilson profile |website=British gymnastics |access-date=1 August 2014 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705011917/http://www.british-gymnastics.org/gymnast-profiles/245901/nile-wilson |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Marco Asensio]], Spanish footballer

* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Dillon Brooks]], Canadian basketball player <ref>{{cite web |last=Rogers |first=Jerald |date=July 8, 2023 |title=Rockets Acquire Dillon Brooks as Part of Five-Team Trade |url=https://www.nba.com/rockets/news/rockets-acquire-dillon-brooks-as-part-of-five-team-trade |access-date=January 2, 2025 |publisher=National Basketball Association}}</ref>

* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Patrik Schick]], Czech footballer

* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Tati Gabrielle]], American actress <ref>{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=November 18, 2020 |title=''You'': Saffron Burrows Upped To Series Regular, Dylan Arnold, Tati Gabrielle Among 12 Cast In Netflix Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/11/you-saffron-burrows-promotedseries-regular-dylan-arnold-tati-gabrielle-among-12-cast-in-netflix-series-1234617425/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126085339/https://deadline.com/2020/11/you-saffron-burrows-promotedseries-regular-dylan-arnold-tati-gabrielle-among-12-cast-in-netflix-series-1234617425/ |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Xiao Ruoteng]], Chinese artistic gymnast <ref>{{cite web |last1=Carroll |first1=Rory |last2=Kim |first2=Chang-Ran |title=Oka edges Zhang to win all-around gold medal in thriller |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/gymnastics-japans-oka-wins-mens-gymnastics-all-around-gold-medal-2024-07-31/ |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=31 July 2024}}</ref>

* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Joel Courtney]], American actor

==Deaths=February===

[[File:Sophie Turner (40553145603) (cropped) 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sophie Turner]]]]

Dschinghis khan's lead singer, Louis Potgieter, died of AIDS in 1996.

[[File:Paul Mescal, 2023 Dublin International Film Festival.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul Mescal]]]]

===January-February===

* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Ahmad Abughaush]], Jordanian taekwondo athlete<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/ahmad-abughaush |title=Ahmad Abughaush |website=Olympic.org |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=November 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106231946/https://www.olympic.org/ahmad-abughaush |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[January 2]] - [[Karl Targownik]], Hungarian Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (b. [[1915]])

* [[February 2]]

* [[January 5]] - [[Yahya Ayyash]], member of [[Hamas]] (b. [[1966]])

** [[Harry Winks]], English footballer

* [[January 8]] - [[François Mitterrand]], French [[President of France|President]]

** [[Paul Mescal]]. Irish actor <ref name="Cannes2022">{{cite news |last1=Seth |first1=Radhika |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/paul-mescal-cannes-film-festival-interview |title=Paul Mescal is Taking Cannes by Storm |work=[[British Vogue]] |date=23 May 2022 |access-date=2 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524052711/https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/paul-mescal-cannes-film-festival-interview |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[January 17]] - [[Barbara Jordan]], American politician (b. [[1936]])

* [[February 7]]

* [[January 18]] - [[Leonor Fini]], Argentine artist (b. [[1908]])

** [[Aaron Ekblad]], Canadian ice hockey player

* [[January 20]] - [[Gerry Mulligan]], American musician (b. [[1927]])

** [[Mai Hagiwara]], Japanese singer

* [[January 28]] - [[Joseph Brodsky]], Russian-born American poet (b. [[1940]])

* [[February 9]]

* January 28 - [[Jerry Siegel]], American cartoonist (b. [[1914]])

** [[FebruaryJimmy 2]] - [[Gene KellyBennett]], American actor (b. [[1912]])

** [[FebruaryKelli 3]] - [[Audrey MeadowsBerglund]], American actress (b. [[1926]])

** [[Chungha (singer)|Chungha]], South Korean singer and dancer

* [[February 6]] - [[Guy Madison]], American actor (b. [[1922]])

* [[February 11]]

* [[February 7]] - [[Boris Tchaikovsky|Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky]], Soviet composer (b. [[1925]])

** [[Lucas Torreira]], Uruguayan footballer

* [[February 11]] - [[Kebby Musokotwane]], Zambian politician and [[Prime Minister of Zambia|Prime Minister]]

** [[Jonathan Tah]], German footballer <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bulinews.com/news/18013/leverkusen-confirm-that-tah-release-clause-expired |title=Leverkusen confirm that Tah's release clause has expired |website=Bundesliga News |date=11 July 2023 |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

**[[Cyril Poole]], English cricketer (b. [[1921]])

** [[Daniil Medvedev]], Russian tennis player <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/medvedev-us-open-2024-qf-reaction |title=Medvedev on Sinner defeat: 'I got lost in my misses' |date=5 September 2024 |website=ATPTour}}</ref>

**[[Phil Regan (actor)|Phil Regan]], American actor (b. [[1906]])

* [[February 13]]

**[[Amelia Rosselli]], Italian poet (b. [[1930]])

** [[Muhammad Rian Ardianto]], Indonesian badminton player

**[[Bob Shaw]], British science fiction writer (b. [[1931]])

** [[Sydney Chandler]], American actress <ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Sydney Chandler Set As A Lead In Noah Hawley's ''Alien'' At FX |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/alien-fx-series-sydney-chandler-noah-hawley-1235352488/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=May 1, 2023}}</ref>

* [[February 16]] - [[Edmund G. Brown]], American politician, Govenor of California (b. [[1905]])

* [[February 14]]

**[[Brownie McGhee]], American musician (b. [[1915]])

** [[Lucas Hernandez]], French footballer

* [[February 20]] - [[Tōru Takemitsu]], Japanese composer (b. [[1930]])

** [[Viktor Kovalenko (footballer)|Viktor Kovalenko]], Ukrainian footballer

* [[February 21]] - [[Morton Gould]], American musician and composer (b. [[1913]])

* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Toshikazu Yamanishi]], Japanese race walker<ref>{{cite web |title=Toshikazu Yamanishi |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14573292 |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011140551/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14573292 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[February 25]] - [[Haing S. Ngor]], Cambodian actor and murder victim (b. [[1940]])

* [[February 2617]] -&ndash; [[MoiseiSasha VainbergPieterse]], PolishSouth composerAfrican-born (b.American [[1919]])actress

* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Ashnikko]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter <ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Ashnikko Teams Up With Beats and TikTok For #BeatsDaisyChallenge |url=http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2020/08/07/ashnikko-beats-tiktok-daisy/ |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Wonderland |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Mabel (singer)|Mabel]], English singer

* [[February 21]]

** [[Noah Rubin (tennis)|Noah Rubin]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/noah-rubin/rc96/overview |title=Noah Rubin &#124; Overview &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis |website=ATP Tour |access-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115094216/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/noah-rubin/rc96/overview |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Sophie Turner]], English actress

* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[D'Angelo Russell]], American basketball player

* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Emel Dereli]], Turkish shot putter

* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Chris Godwin]], American football wide receiver <ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Grant |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Buccaneers, WR Chris Godwin agree to three-year, $60M deal |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-wr-chris-godwin-agreed-to-three-year-60m-deal |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[February 28]]

** [[Shi Yuqi]], Chinese badminton player

** [[Karsten Warholm]], Norwegian sprinter <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/norways-warholm-breaks-400-metres-hurdles-world-record-2021-07-01/ |title=Norway's Warholm breaks 400 metres hurdles world record |first=Amy |last=Tennery |website=Reuters |date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

===March-June===

[[File:Myles Turner (39916223764) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Myles Turner]]]]

* [[March 3]] - [[Marguerite Duras]], French author and director (b. [[1914]])

[[File:Taylor Hill for Chaos.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Taylor Hill (model)|Taylor Hill]]]]

* [[March 4]] - [[Minnie Pearl]], American comedienne (b. [[1912]])

[[File:Maxwell Jacob Friedman, July 2024 04.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]]]]

* [[March 9]] - [[George Burns]], American actor and singer (b. [[1896]])

* [[March 131]] -&ndash; [[KrzysztofYe KieslowskiShiwen]], PolishChinese filmswimmer director (b. [[1941]])

* [[March 5]]

* [[March 16]] - [[Charlie Barnett]], American actors (b. [[1954]])

** [[Emmanuel Mudiay]], Congolese professional basketball player

* [[March 17]] - [[René Clément]], French film director (b. [[1913]])

** [[Taylor Hill (model)|Taylor Hill]], American model <ref name="stylesrant">{{cite web |last1=Rice |first1=Lilyanne |title=The Untold Truth Of Taylor Hill |url=https://www.stylesrant.com/the-untold-truth-of-taylor-hill/ |website=StylesRant |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=22 July 2019}}</ref>

* [[March 18]] - [[Odysseas Elytis]], Greek writer (b. [[1911]])

* [[March 6]]

* [[March 26]] - [[David Packard]], American engineer (b. [[1912]])

** [[AprilChristian 3]] - [[Carl StokesColeman]], American politician (b. [[1927]])sprinter

** [[Timo Werner]], German footballer

* [[April 4]] - [[Barney Ewell]], American athlete (b. [[1918]])

** [[Yan Han (figure skater)|Yan Han]], Chinese figure skater

**[[Larry LaPrise]], American songwriter (b. [[1912]])

* [[AprilMarch 69]] -&ndash; [[GreerGiorgio GarsonMinisini]], EnglishItalian actresssynchronized (b. [[1904]])swimmer

* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]], American professional wrestler

* [[April 20]] - [[Christopher Robin Milne]], English author and bookseller (b. [[1920]])

* [[March 16]]

* [[April 22]] - [[Erma Bombeck]], American humorist and writer (b. [[1927]])

** [[Ajiona Alexus]], American actress

* [[April 26]] - [[Stirling Silliphant]], American screenwriter and producer (b. [[January 16]] [[1918]])

* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Lilli Kay]], American actress <ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/yellowstone-lilli-kay-clara-brewer-lesbians-on-the-range-1235209609/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 2, 2025 |title=Yellowstone' Actress Lilli Kay Talks About Playing Dutton's Confidante And A "Lesbian On The Range" |first=Lynette |last=Rice |date=January 1, 2023}}</ref>

* [[May 5]] - [[Salli Terri]], Canadian mezzo-soprano (b. [[1922]])

* [[March 19]]

* [[May 15]] - [[Charles B. Fulton]], American judge (b. [[1910]])

** [[Quenton Nelson]], American football guard <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kownack |first=Bobby |date=September 10, 2022 |title=Quenton Nelson, Colts agree to terms on four-year, $80M contract extension |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/quenton-nelson-colts-agree-to-terms-on-four-year-80m-contract-extension |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=NFL.com}}</ref>

* [[May 17]] - [[Kevin Gilbert]], American musician, composer, and record producer (death by [[autoerotic asphyxiation]])(b. [[1966]])

** [[Yung Gravy]], American rapper <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/yung-gravy-blanco-brown-dominic-fike-debut-emerging-artists/ |title=Yung Gravy, Blanco Brown & Dominic Fike Debut on Emerging Artists Chart |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 12, 2019 |first=Xander |last=Zellner |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

* [[May 20]] - [[Jon Pertwee]], British actor (b. [[1919]])

* [[MayMarch 2423]] -&ndash; [[JacobAlexander DruckmanAlbon]], AmericanThai composerracing (b. [[1928]])driver

* [[March 24]]

**[[Joseph Mitchell]], American writer (b. [[1908]])

** [[Valentino Lazaro]], Austrian footballer

* [[May 25]] - [[Brad Nowell]], American musician (b. [[1968]])

** [[Myles Turner]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|nba=myles_turner}}</ref>

* [[May 31]] - [[Paul Peter Piech]], American artist (b. [[1920]])

* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Kathryn Bernardo]], Filipina actress

* [[June 2]] - [[Ray Combs]], American game show host and comedian (suicide) (b. [[1956]])

* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Rosabell Laurenti Sellers]], Italian-American actress

**[[Leon Garfield]], English children's author (b. [[1921]])

* [[March 28]]

* [[June 15]] - [[Ella Fitzgerald]], American singer (b. [[1917]])

** [[Benjamin Pavard]], French footballer

* [[June 17]] - [[Thomas Kuhn]], American philosopher of science (b. [[1922]])

** [[Xie Siyi]], Chinese diver

* [[June 19]] - [[G. David Schine]], American investigator and businessman (b. [[1927]])

* [[June 23]] - [[Andreas Papandreou]], Greek [[Prime Minister of Greece|Prime Minister]] (b. [[1919]])

===July-DecemberApril===

[[File:Abigail Breslin by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Abigail Breslin]]]]

* [[July 1]] - [[William T. Cahill]], America politician (b. [[1912]])

[[File:Anya Taylor-Joy by Patrick Lovell, January 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Anya Taylor-Joy]]]]

* [[July 15]]- [[Dana Hill]], American actress (b. [[1964]])

[[File:Katherine Langford in 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Katherine Langford]]]]

* [[July 20]] - [[Frantisek Planicka]], Czech footballer (b. [[1904]])

* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Sophia Hutchins]], American socialite<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Glenn |date=July 4, 2025 |title=Sophia Hutchins Dies In ATV Accident: Caitlyn Jenner's Manager Was 29 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/07/sophia-hutchins-dies-atv-accident-29-1236449801/ |access-date=July 6, 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[July 28]] - [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American naturalist and artist (b. [[1908]])

* [[April 2]]

* [[July 30]] - [[Claudette Colbert]], French actress (b. [[1903]]

** [[Polina Agafonova]], Russian figure skater

* [[August 8]] - [[Nevill Francis Mott]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1905]])

** [[Matheus Santana]], Brazilian swimmer

* [[August 11]] - [[Rafael Kubelik]], Czech-born Swiss conductor (b. [[1914]])

** [[Zach Bryan]], American singer-songwriter <ref>{{Cite web |title=Oklahoma country music star Zach Bryan is officially a Grammy Award winner |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2024/02/04/oklahomas-zach-bryan-wins-grammy-award-with-kacey-musgraves/72475001007/ |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=The Oklahoman |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[August 13]] - [[David Tudor]], American pianist and composer (b. [[1926]])

* [[April 3]]

* [[September 1]] - [[Vagn Holmboe]], Danish composer (b. [[1909]])

** [[Sarah Jeffery]], Canadian actress

* [[September 13]] - [[Tupac Shakur]], American rapper, poet, and actor (b. [[1971]])

** [[Fabián Ruiz]], Spanish footballer <ref>{{Cite web |title=Fabián Ruiz signs five-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain |url=https://en.psg.fr/teams/first-team/content/fabian-ruiz-signs-five-year-deal-with-paris-saint-germain-psg-mercato |date=30 August 2022 |publisher=[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.]]}}</ref>

* [[October 4]] - [[Silvio Piola]], Italian footballer (b. [[1913]])

* [[April 4]]

* [[November 21]] - [[Abdus Salam]], Pakistani physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1926]])

** [[NovemberAustin 26]] - [[Paul RandMahone]], American graphicsinger-songwriter designerand (b. [[1914]])actor

** [[Mitch Keller]], American baseball pitcher <ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Josh |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Report: Pirates, Keller agree to 5-year, $77M extension |url=https://www.thescore.com/news/2850472 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=TheScore}}</ref>

* November 26 - [[Mark Lenard]], American actor (b. [[1924]])

* [[NovemberApril 309]] -&ndash; [[TinyGiovani TimLo Celso]], AmericanArgentinian musician (b. [[1932]])footballer

* [[April 10]]

* [[December 6]] - [[Pete Rozelle|Alvin ''"Pete"'' Rozelle]], American commissioner of the National Football League (b. [[1926]])

** [[Andreas Christensen]], Danish footballer

* [[December 11]] - [[Willie Rushton]], English comedian, satirist, actor, and cartoonist (b, [[1937]])

** [[Thanasi Kokkinakis]], Australian tennis player

* [[December 16]] - [[Quentin Bell]], English biographer and art historian (b. [[1910]])

** [[Loïc Nottet]], Belgian singer

* [[December 20]] - [[Carl Sagan]], American astronomer (b. [[1934]])

* [[April 11]]

** [[Dele Alli]], English footballer

** [[Summer Walker]], American singer

* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Matteo Berrettini]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matteo Berrettini |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/BK40/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704141446/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/BK40/overview |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Abigail Breslin]], American actress

* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Edimilson Fernandes]], Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=20. Edimilson Fernandes |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=70229 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135234/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=70229 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Anya Taylor-Joy]], actress

* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Dee Dee Davis]], American actress

* [[April 22]] &ndash; [[Wendy Sulca]], Peruvian singer

* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Álex Márquez]], Spanish motorcycle racer

* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Ashleigh Barty]], Australian tennis player

* [[April 25]]

** [[Mack Horton]], Australian swimmer

** [[Nils van der Poel]], former Swedish speed skater <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/van-der-poel-avslutar-skridskokarriaren |title=van der Poel avslutar skridskokarriären |publisher=SVT Sport |language=Swedish |date=3 March 2022 |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Tony Revolori]], American actor

* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Katherine Langford]], Australian actress

===May===

==[[Nobel Prize]]s==

[[File:Birdy-2450.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Birdy (singer)|Birdy]]]]

* [[Nobel Prize/Physics|Physics]] - [[David M. Lee]], [[Douglas D. Osheroff]], [[Robert C. Richardson]]

[[File:Normani BTS 2019.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Normani]]]]

* [[Nobel Prize/Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Robert Curl]], [[Sir Harold Kroto]], [[Richard Smalley]]

[[File:Josh Allen SEPT2021 (cropped2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Josh Allen]]]]

* [[Nobel Prize/Physiology or medicine|Medicine]] - [[Peter C. Doherty]], [[Rolf M. Zinkernagel]]

* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Julian Brandt]], German footballer

* [[Nobel Prize in literature|Literature]] - [[Wislawa Szymborska]]

* [[May 3]]

* [[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo]] and [[José Ramos Horta]]

** [[Alex Iwobi]], Nigerian footballer

=== [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] ===

** [[Domantas Sabonis]], Lithuanian-American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Sabonis has season-high 32 points and 20 rebounds to lead Kings to a 111-109 win over Pelicans |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401736801 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

* [[James Mirrlees]], [[William Vickrey]]

* [[May 4]]

** [[Arielle Gold]], American snowboarder

** [[Pelayo Roza]], Spanish sprint canoeist.

* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[6ix9ine]], American rapper

* [[May 9]]

** [[Noah Centineo]], American actor

** [[Mary Mouser]], American actress

* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Tyus Jones]], American basketball player

* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[Andrés Cubas]], Argentinian footballer

* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Martin Garrix]], Dutch DJ and producer

* [[May 15]]

** [[Birdy (singer)|Birdy]], British singer and songwriter

** [[Ilias Ennahachi]], [[Moroccans in the Netherlands|Dutch-Moroccan]] [[Muay Thai]] [[Kickboxing|kickboxer]]

* [[May 19]]

** [[Chung Hyeon]], South Korean tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Hyeon Chung |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/CH27/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135208/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/CH27/overview |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Lakshmi Menon (actress)|Lakshmi Menon]], Indian film actress

* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Yuki Kadono]], Japanese snowboarder

* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Marshon Lattimore]], American football cornerback <ref>{{cite web |last1=Keim |first1=John |last2=Terrell |first2=Katherine |title=Commanders trade for Saints Pro Bowl CB Marshon Lattimore |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42212028/sources-commanders-trade-saints-cb-marshon-lattimore |website=ESPN |access-date=January 2, 2025 |date=November 5, 2024}}</ref>

* [[May 21]]

**[[Josh Allen]], American football quarterback <ref>{{cite web |title=Bills QB Josh Allen, Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield highlight Players of the Week |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/players-of-the-week-2024-week-15-josh-allen-baker-mayfield |author=Gordon, Grant |website=NFL.com |date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

** [[Karen Khachanov]], Russian tennis player <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mensik-khachanov-doha-2024-final |title=Khachanov ends Mensik's run, captures Doha crown |publisher=ATPTour}}</ref>

* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Katharina Althaus]], German ski jumper

* [[May 30]]

**[[Aleksandr Golovin (footballer)|Aleksandr Golovin]], Russian footballer

**[[Erik Jones]], American racing driver

* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Normani]], American singer

===June===

==[[Templeton Prize]]==

[[File:Tom Holland by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tom Holland]]]]

* [[Bill Bright|William R. "Bill" Bright]]

[[File:Miyoshi Ayaka from "Knuckle Girl" at Red Carpet of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2023 (53348414020) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ayaka Miyoshi]]]]

[[File:Yokohama F. Marinos - Manchester City (3-5) - 53075487835 (Rodri) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]]]

* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Tom Holland]], English actor

* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Han Tianyu]], Chinese short track speed skater

* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Maria Bakalova]], Bulgarian actress <ref>{{cite web |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title=Maria Bakalova & 3 Others Join Apple's Action Adventure Pic ''Mayday'' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/maria-bakalova-joins-mayday-movie-clark-johnson-more-also-set-1235895204/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>

* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Harold Landry]], American football linebacker <ref>{{cite web |title=Titans' Harold Landry: Records big sack in Week 12 win |date=November 25, 2024 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/titans-harold-landry-records-big-sack-in-week-12-win/ |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=CBS Sports}}</ref>

* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Christian McCaffrey]], American football running back <ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2024 |title=49ers Sign RB Christian McCaffrey to a Two-Year Extension |url=https://www.49ers.com/news/49ers-sign-running-back-christian-mccaffrey-two-year-extension-offensive-player-of-the-year |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=49ers.com}}</ref>

* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Jun (Chinese entertainer)|Jun]], Chinese singer and actor

* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Davinson Sánchez]], Colombian footballer

* [[June 13]]

** [[Kingsley Coman]], French footballer

** [[Kodi Smit-McPhee]], Australian actor

* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]], Norwegian singer

* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Lily Zhang]], American table tennis player

* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Godfred Donsah]], Ghanese footballer

* [[June 18]]

** [[Alen Halilović]], Croatian footballer

** [[Ayaka Miyoshi]], Japanese actress and model<ref>{{cite web |title=三吉 彩花 |url=https://www.amuse.co.jp/artist/A8268/ |website=amuse.co.jp |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503203647/https://www.amuse.co.jp/artist/A8268/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Larisa Iordache]], Romanian artistic gymnast

* [[June 22]]

** [[Hugo Calderano]], Brazilian table tennis player

** [[Kong Sang-jeong]], South Korean short track speed skater

** [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rodri |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231828/rodri |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613164558/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231828/Rodri |archive-date=13 June 2021 |access-date=19 February 2020 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>

** [[Mikel Merino]], Spanish footballer <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/mikel-merino-signs-arsenal-long-term-deal |title=Mikel Merino signs for Arsenal on long-term deal |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |date=27 August 2024 |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Harris Dickinson]], English actor, writer, and director

* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Lauren Jauregui]], American singer

* [[June 28]]

** [[Milot Rashica]], Kosovar footballer

** [[Donna Vekić]], Croatian tennis player

===July===

== [[Right Livelihood Award]] ==

[[File:Alessia Cara at the Capital Pride Concert.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[Alessia Cara]]]]

* [[Herman Daly]], [[The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia]], [[Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishat]] and [[George Vithoulkas]]

* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Adelina Sotnikova]], former Russian figure skater

* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Kendji Girac]], French singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voici.fr/bios-people/kendji-girac |title=Kendji Girac |website=Voice |language=fr |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031092240/https://www.voici.fr/bios-people/kendji-girac |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Ryoya Kurihara]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurihara, Ryoya |url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/01705130.html |website=npb.jp |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011192229/https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/01705130.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Risa Shōji]], Japanese figure skater

* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Mikey Musumeci]], American [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu|BJJ practitioner]] and current [[List of ONE Championship champions#Flyweight World Championship|ONE Flyweight Submission Grappling World Champion]]

* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Marlon Humphrey]], American football cornerback <ref>{{Cite web |title=Highlight: Marlon Humphrey Makes Clutch Fourth-Quarter Interception on Joe Burrow |url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/video/marlon-humphrey-clutch-fourth-quarter-interception-joe-burrow-ravens-bengals-highlights-week-5-2024 |website=baltimoreravens.com |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Moon Ga-young]], South Korean actress

* [[July 11]]

** [[Alessia Cara]], Canadian singer-songwriter

** [[Andrija Živković]], Serbian footballer

* [[July 16]]

** [[Cooper Koch]], American actor <ref>{{Cite web |last=Millar |first=Jake |date=December 9, 2024 |title="It was one of the greatest acting experiences I've ever had": Cooper Koch is writing his next chapter |url=https://www.gq.com.au/men-of-the-year/men-of-the-year-2024-cooper-koch/image-gallery/655fff7ed4c1dc9e8e63ebba39baa827 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241210070736/https://www.gq.com.au/men-of-the-year/men-of-the-year-2024-cooper-koch/image-gallery/655fff7ed4c1dc9e8e63ebba39baa827 |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=[[GQ Australia]]}}</ref>

** [[Kevin Abstract]], American rapper, singer and songwriter <ref>{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2019 |title=Kevin Abstract shares full 'ARIZONA baby' album |url=https://diymag.com/news/kevin-abstract-arizona-baby-album-listen-stream |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] |language=en}}</ref>

* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Yung Lean]], Swedish rapper and record producer

* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Ben Simmons]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lsusports.net/sports/mens-basketball/roster/ben-simmons/4673 |title=Ben Simmons |website=LSU |date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005085618/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210041987 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Skyler Gisondo]], American actor <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/superman-legacy-casts-skyler-gisondo-jimmy-olsen-1235645745/ |title='Superman: Legacy' Casts Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen (Exclusive) |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 21, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Joe Mixon]], American football running back <ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenawalt |first=Tyler |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Texans give RB Joe Mixon a new 3-year, $27 million contract |url=https://texanswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/14/nfl-free-agency-texans-extend-joe-mixon/ |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=Texans Wire |publisher=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref>

* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Jacob Lofland]], American actor <ref name="landman">{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2023-05-23 |title='Land Man': Michelle Randolph & Jacob Lofland Join Billy Bob Thornton In Paramount+ Series |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/land-man-michelle-randolph-jacob-lofland-billy-bob-thornton-paramount-plus-1235377279/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

===August===

[[Category:1996| ]]

* [[af:1996August 1]]

[[File:Caeleb Dressel before winning 100 fly (42769914221) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Caeleb Dressel]]]]

[[als:1996]]

** [[Arisa Higashino]], Japanese badminton player

[[ar:1996]]

** [[Cymphonique Miller]], American actress and singer

[[ast:1996]]

* [[bg:1996August 2]]

** [[Pomme (singer)|Pomme]], French singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cheriefm.fr/artistes/pomme/biographie |title=Biographie Pomme |website=[[Chérie FM]] |date=November 4, 2020 |access-date=Feb 28, 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>

[[be:1996]]

** [[Simone Manuel]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usaswimming.org/meet-the-team/national-team-bios?personid=c38c6481-ab90-4bad-87fa-02049b521c71 |title=Simone Manuel |work=[[USA Swimming]] |access-date= |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408055923/https://www.usaswimming.org/meet-the-team/national-team-bios?personid=c38c6481-ab90-4bad-87fa-02049b521c71 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[bs:1996]]

* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Derwin James]], American football safety<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thiry |first=Lindsey |date=August 17, 2022 |title=Source: Chargers star James gets historic deal |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34412172/los-angeles-chargers-star-derwin-james-agrees-764m-deal-becomes-nfl-highest-paid-safety-source-says |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817192106/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34412172/los-angeles-chargers-star-derwin-james-agrees-764m-deal-becomes-nfl-highest-paid-safety-source-says |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

[[ca:1996]]

* [[cs:1996August 5]]

** [[Francesca Deagostini]], Italian artistic gymnast

[[cy:1996]]

** [[Mai Murakami]], Japanese artistic gymnast

[[da:1996]]

* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Arthur Melo|Arthur]], Brazilian footballer

[[de:1996]]

* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Brianna Hildebrand]], American actress

[[et:1996]]

* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Caeleb Dressel]], American swimmer

[[el:1996]]

* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Di Bella]], [[Italian Canadians|Italian-Canadian]] [[Kickboxing|kickboxer]] and current [[List of ONE Championship champions#Strawweight World Championship|ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Champion]]

[[es:1996]]

* [[eo:1996August 19]]

** [[Almoez Ali]], Sudanese-Qatari footballer

[[eu:1996]]

** [[Laura Tesoro]], Belgian singer and actress

[[fo:1996]]

* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Jasmine Camacho-Quinn]], Puerto Rican hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Jasmine CAMACHO-QUINN |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14494234 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135045/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14494234 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[fr:1996]]

* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Kenzō Shirai]], Japanese gymnast

[[fy:1996]]

* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Kim Se-jeong]], South Korean singer and actress

[[gl:1996]]

* [[ko:1996년August 30]]

** [[Gabriel Barbosa]], Brazilian footballer

[[hr:1996]]

** [[Chen Dequan]], Chinese short track speed skater

[[io:1996]]

** [[Mikal Bridges]], American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |first=Christian |last=Arnold |title=Villanova Knicks can't contain their excitement after Mikal Bridges blockbuster trade: 'This is crazy' |url=https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/sports/josh-hart-jalen-brunson-react-to-knicks-mikal-bridges-trade/ |website=NYPost.com |date=June 26, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

[[id:1996]]

* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Jalen Brunson]], American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43201934/jalen-brunson-scores-55-leads-knicks-win-ot |title=Jalen Brunson scores 55, leads Knicks to win in OT |access-date=January 2, 2025 |date=December 28, 2024 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>

[[ia:1996]]

[[is:1996]]

===September===

[[it:1996]]

[[File:Zendaya - 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Zendaya]]]]

[[he:1996]]

[[File:Lili Reinhart & Cole Sprouse (48478655701) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lili Reinhart]]]]

[[ka:1996]]

[[File:Ella Purnell Serpentine Summer Party 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ella Purnell]]]]

[[csb:1996]]

* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Zendaya]], American actress and singer

[[kw:1996]]

* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Austin Abrams]], American actor <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/who-plays-dash-in-dash-lily-netflix-austin-abrams-is-an-euphoria-alum |title=Austin Abrams Plays Yet Another Soft Boy In ''Dash & Lily'' |website=Bustle |date=November 10, 2020 |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

[[ku:1996]]

* [[September 3]] &ndash; [[Joy (singer)|Joy]], South Korean singer and actress

[[la:1996]]

* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Montez Sweat]], American football defensive end <ref>{{cite web |title=Bears, DE Montez Sweat agree to four-year, $98 million extension in new money |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/bears-de-montez-sweat-agree-to-four-year-98-million-extension-in-new-money |author=Kownack, Bobby |website=NFL.com |date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

[[lt:1996]]

* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]], Norwegian singer

[[lb:1996]]

* [[September 6]] &ndash; [[Mark Andrews (American football)|Mark Andrews]], American football tight end .<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Andrews Becomes Ravens' Franchise Touchdowns Leader |url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/mark-andrews-ravens-franchise-touchdowns-leader-jamal-lewis |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.baltimoreravens.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[hu:1996]]

* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Donovan Mitchell]], American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |title=Cavaliers Sign Five-Time NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell to Multi-Year Contract Extension |url=https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/releases-donovan-mitchell-extension-240707 |website=NBA.com |date=July 7, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

[[mk:1996]]

* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Jaïro Riedewald]], Dutch footballer

[[nl:1996]]

* [[ja:1996年September 12]]

**[[Joshua Cheptegei]], Ugandan long-distance runner<ref>{{cite web |title=Joshua CHEPTEGEI |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/joshua-cheptegei-14645612 |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135735/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/joshua-cheptegei-14645612 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[no:1996]]

**[[Colin Ford]], American actor<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=colinfordactor |author=Colin Ford |number=378320143157182464 |title=Thank you all so very much for all the birthday wishes. I have the best fans and I love you all! |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>

[[nn:1996]]

* [[September 13]] &ndash; [[Lili Reinhart]], American actress <ref>{{cite web |date=June 26, 2018 |title=Lili Reinhart Biography |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/lili-reinhart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622011754/https://www.biography.com/actor/lili-reinhart |archive-date=June 22, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |publisher=[[Biography.com]]}}</ref>

[[os:1996]]

* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Leo Woodall]], British actor <ref>{{cite news |last1=Goldbart |first1=Max |title=Leo Woodall & Quintessa Swindell Leading Apple TV+ Maths Thriller 'Prime Target' From Ridley Scott's Scott Free & New Regency |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/leo-woodall-quintessa-swindell-ridley-scott-apple-thriller-prime-target-1235825302/ |access-date=2 January 2025 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |date=14 February 2024}}</ref>

[[pl:1996]]

* [[pt:1996September 17]]

** [[Duje Ćaleta-Car]], Croatian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Croatia |publisher=FIFA |page=7 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019 |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>

[[ro:1996]]

** [[Esteban Ocon]], French racing driver<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/esteban-ocon/ |title=Esteban Ocon {{!}} Racing career profile {{!}} Driver Database |website=driverdb.com |publisher=Driver Database |access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023003919/https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/esteban-ocon/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/esteban-ocon_prs403849/person.shtml |title=Esteban Ocon - Player Profile - Formula 1 - Eurosport |access-date=22 March 2023 |publisher=Eurosport |website=eurosport.com |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207135624/https://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/esteban-ocon_prs403849/person.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[ru:1996]]

** [[Ella Purnell]], English actress<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3480246/ |access-date=22 March 2023 |title=Ella Purnell - IMDb |website=imdb.com |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602005148/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3480246/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[sq:1996]]

** [[Slayyyter]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.out.com/music/2022/11/01/slayyyter-talks-new-music-gays-her-upcoming-tour-tove-lo#toggle-gdpr |title=Slayyyter Talks New Music, the Gays, & Her Upcoming Tour With Tove Lo |publisher=Out |website=out.com |date=1 November 2022 |access-date=22 March 2023 |quote=The 26-year-old commands the Austin City Limits music festival stage with her unmistakable brand of chaos pop, a glitzy exclamation of sex, drugs, and queer euphoria. |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829151943/https://www.out.com/music/2022/11/01/slayyyter-talks-new-music-gays-her-upcoming-tour-tove-lo#toggle-gdpr |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=slayyyter |author=Slayyyter |number=1306447330950823938 |title=mixtape anniversary in a few hours... and my bday... |date=16 September 2020 |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>

[[scn:1996]]

* [[simple:1996September 19]]

** [[Steve Wijler]], Dutch archer<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Wijler |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145535 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135234/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145535 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[sk:1996]]

** [[Dejounte Murray]], American basketball player <ref>{{cite web |title=Pelicans acquire Dejounte Murray |url=https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/dejounte-murray-guard-new-orleans-pelicans-trade-atlanta-hawks-2024-nba-free-agency |website=NBA.com |date=July 6, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

[[sl:1996]]

* [[sr:1996September 23]]

** [[Lee Hi]], South Korean singer-songwriter

[[fi:1996]]

** [[Evgeny Rylov]], Russian swimmer

[[sv:1996]]

* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Mie Nielsen]], Danish swimmer

[[th:พ.ศ. 2539]]

* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Maxwel Cornet]], French-Ivorian footballer

[[tt:1996]]

* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Michael Ronda]], Mexican actor and singer

[[tr:1996]]

[[uk:1996]]

===October===

[[wa:1996]]

[[File:Lewis Capaldi-8116.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lewis Capaldi]]]]

[[zh:1996年]]

[[File:Bella Hadid Cannes 2018 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bella Hadid]]]]

[[File:Jaylen Brown 2022.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jaylen Brown]]]]

[[File:Devin Booker (2022 All-Star Weekend).jpg|thumb|100px| [[Devin Booker]]]]

* [[October 3]] &ndash; [[Kelechi Iheanacho]], Nigerian footballer

* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Ella Balinska]], English actress<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/29/lorraine-pascale-modelling-food-childhood-motherhood |title='I've ridden camels in fashion shoots' – Lorraine Pascale on the moments that made her |newspaper=The Guardian |date=November 29, 2016 |last1=Cocozza |first1=Paula}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wagner |first=Kate |date=2018-07-27 |title=Everything You Need To Know About 'Charlie's Angels' Star, Ella Balinska |url=https://www.elle.com.au/culture/celebrity/ella-balinska-facts-18129/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=ELLE |language=en-AU}}</ref>

* [[October 7]]

** [[Lewis Capaldi]], Scottish singer-songwriter

** [[Guglielmo Vicario]], Italian footballer <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2023/june/vicario-joins-from-empoli/ |title=Vicario joins from Empoli |website=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |date=27 June 2023 |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Sara Takanashi]], Japanese ski jumper

* [[October 9]]

** [[Jacob Batalon]], American-Filipino actor

** [[Bella Hadid]], American model

* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Oscar Zia]], Swedish singer and songwriter

* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[Vitória Strada]], Brazilian actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitória Strada Age, Biography, Boyfriend, Birthday, Networth |url=https://egirlclothes.com/vitoria-strada-age-biography-boyfriend-birthday-networth-wiki-bio/ |website=egirlclothes.com |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125171645/https://egirlclothes.com/vitoria-strada-age-biography-boyfriend-birthday-networth-wiki-bio/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[October 13]]

** [[Joshua Wong]], Hong Kong student activist and politician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sibree |first1=Bron |title=In Unfree Speech, Joshua Wong writes, 'our struggle is your struggle' |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3047910/unfree-speech-joshua-wong-writes-our-struggle-your |access-date=24 May 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=29 January 2020 |language=en |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612081231/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3047910/unfree-speech-joshua-wong-writes-our-struggle-your |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Đỗ Mỹ Linh]], Vietnamese model<ref>[https://zingnews.vn/do-my-linh-thang-giai-hoa-hau-nhan-ai-o-miss-world-2017-post797134.html Đỗ Mỹ Linh thắng giải Hoa hậu nhân ái ở Miss World 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135735/https://zingnews.vn/do-my-linh-thang-giai-hoa-hau-nhan-ai-o-miss-world-2017-post797134.html |date=October 11, 2023 }}, Nov 18, 2017</ref>

* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Zelo]], Korean singer

* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Cansu Özbay]], Turkish volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cansu Özbay Vakıfbank'ta |url=https://www.ntvspor.net/voleybol/cansu-ozbay-vakifbankta-579dcb70c873cc40a464926f |website=ntvspor.net |date=July 13, 2016 |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311220802/https://www.ntvspor.net/voleybol/cansu-ozbay-vakifbankta-579dcb70c873cc40a464926f |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[October 20]]

** [[Anthony Sinisuka Ginting]], Indonesian badminton player

** [[Chance Perdomo]], American actor <ref>{{cite web |last1=Cordero |first1=Rosy |title=Chance Perdomo Dies: 'Gen V' Star Was 27 Years Old |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/chance-perdomo-dead-1235872414/ |website=Deadline |date=30 March 2024 |access-date=2 January 2025 |archive-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330221756/https://deadline.com/2024/03/chance-perdomo-dead-1235872414/ |url-status=live}}</ref> (d. [[2024]])

* [[October 24]]

** [[Jaylen Brown]], American basketball player

** [[Kyla Ross]], American gymnast

* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Marileidy Paulino]], Dominican sprinter <ref name=paulinowinandrecordset>{{cite news |url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/paulino-400m-gold-record_sto20027781/story.shtml |title=Paris 2024: Marileidy Paulino Sets Olympic Record In Storming 400m Win, Team GB'S Amber Anning Finishes Fifth |first=Alex |last=Livie |publisher=EuroSport |date=9 August 2024 |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref>

* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Samantha Logan]], American actress <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/725487/all-american-olivia-spencer-layla-samantha-logan/ |title='All American' Star Samantha Logan on Olivia's Secret & 'Steamy' Love Triangle |first=Jim |last=Halterman |website=TV Insider |date=October 24, 2018}}</ref>

* [[October 28]]

** [[Jack Eichel]], American ice hockey player <ref>{{cite web |title='Next to none:' Jack Eichel quiets critics with postseason run |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/goldenknights/next-to-none-jack-eichel-quiets-critics-with-postseason-run-2794173 |last=Gotz |first=Ben |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |access-date=January 2, 2025 |date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>

* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Devin Booker]], American basketball player

===November===

[[File:Lil-Peep PrettyPuke Photoshoot.png|thumb|100px|[[Lil Peep]]]]

[[File:LordeRoundhse010622 (17 of 66) (52119260286) (cropped2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lorde]]]]

[[File:Hailey Baldwin Backstage Billboard Music Awards 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hailey Bieber]]]]

* [[November 1]]

** [[Sean Gelael]], Indonesian racing driver

** [[Lil Peep]], American rapper (d. [[2017]])

**[[Daniela Melchior]], Portuguese actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://observador.pt/2021/11/04/daniela-melchior-sofreu-um-colapso-nervoso-durante-as-gravacoes-de-suicide-squad/ |title=Daniela Melchior anuncia participação em novos filmes após ter sofrido uma colite nervosa em vésperas das gravações de Suicide Squad |access-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109093629/https://observador.pt/2021/11/04/daniela-melchior-sofreu-um-colapso-nervoso-durante-as-gravacoes-de-suicide-squad/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Jeongyeon]], South Korean singer

* [[November 4]]

** [[Michael Christian Martinez]], Filipino figure skater

** [[Fivel Stewart]], American actress <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/fivel-stewart-joins-bellmount-action-thriller-warhorse-one-sets-release-1235357352/ |title=Fivel Stewart Joins 'Bellmount' Action Thriller; Well Go USA Acquires Johnny Strong's Military Action Thriller 'Warhorse One'; 'Dotty & Soul' Gets New Clip – Film Briefs |first=Matt |last=Grobar |date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

* [[November 7]]

** [[André Horta]], Portuguese footballer

** [[Lorde]], New Zealand singer-songwriter

* [[November 9]]

** [[Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên]], Vietnamese swimmer

** [[Momo Hirai]], Japanese singer and dancer

* [[November 11]]

** [[Tye Sheridan]], American actor

**[[Robin Le Normand]], Spanish footballer <ref>{{cite news |title=Agreement with Real Sociedad for the transfer of Robin Le Normand |url=https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/noticias/agreement-with-real-sociedad-for-the-transfer-of-robin-le-normand |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=Atlético Madrid |date=27 July 2024}}</ref>

* [[November 14]]

** [[Borna Ćorić]], Croatian tennis player

** [[Mason Gooding]], American actor <ref name="Scream 7">{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/mason-gooding-scream-7-returning-cast-1236250911/ |title=Mason Gooding to Return for 'Scream 7' (EXCLUSIVE) |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first1=Marc |last1=Malkin |first2=Katcy |last2=Stephan |date=December 16, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217030618/https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/mason-gooding-scream-7-returning-cast-1236250911/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Kim Min-jae (footballer)|Kim Min-jae]], South Korean footballer <ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 2023 |title=FC Bayern sign Minjae Kim |url=https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/07/fc-bayern-sign-minjae-kim-from-napoli |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=FC Bayern München}}</ref>

* [[November 16]]

** [[Brendan Murray]], Irish singer

** [[Jan Zieliński]], Polish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Zielinski |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z423/overview |website=atptour.com |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011134743/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/Z423/overview |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[November 17]]

** [[Ruth Jebet]], Bahraini long-distance runner

** [[Minkah Fitzpatrick]], American football safety <ref>{{Cite web |last=Shook, Nick |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Steelers, Minkah Fitzpatrick agree to four-year extension worth more than $73.6 million |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-minkah-fitzpatrick-agree-to-four-year-73-6-million-contract |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811213227/https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-minkah-fitzpatrick-agree-to-four-year-73-6-million-contract |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |website=[[NFL.com]]}}</ref>

* [[November 18]]

** [[Akram Afif]], Qatari footballer

** [[Sorn (singer)|Sorn]], South Korean-based singer

** [[Logan Webb]], American baseball pitcher <ref>{{Cite web |title='It's an honor': Webb, Ramos earn first-time nods for '24 All-Star Game |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/logan-webb-heliot-ramos-to-represent-giants-in-2024-mlb-all-star-game |access-date=January 2, 2025 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

* [[November 19]]

** [[Liliána Szilágyi]], Hungarian swimmer

** [[Krystsina Tsimanouskaya]], Belarusian sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Krystsina TSIMANOUSKAYA |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/belarus/krystsina-tsimanouskaya-14571586 |website=worldathletics.org |publisher=World Athletics Federation |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135247/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/belarus/krystsina-tsimanouskaya-14571586 |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Fred Warner (American football)|Fred Warner]] American football linebacker <ref>{{cite web |url=https://clutchpoints.com/49ers-news-fred-warner-franchise-history-pick-6 |title=49ers' Fred Warner makes franchise history with pick-6 vs. Patriots |last=Finnegan |first=Troy |website=ClutchPoints |date=September 29, 2024 |access-date=January 2, 2025}}</ref>

* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Denis Zakaria]], Swiss footballer

* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Gina Lückenkemper]], German sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Gina LÜCKENKEMPER |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14450088 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011140548/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14450088 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Hailey Bieber]], American model and socialite

* [[November 23]]

** [[James Maddison]], English footballer

** [[Anna Yanovskaya]], Russian ice dancer

* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Louane (singer)|Louane Emera]], French singer and actress

* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Gonçalo Guedes]], Portuguese footballer

===December===

[[File:Joe Burrow 2021.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joe Burrow]]]]

[[File:Pedro Pascal, Kaitlyn Dever, and Gabriel Luna at SXSW 2025 03 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kaitlyn Dever]]]]

[[File:Hailee Steinfeld by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hailee Steinfeld]]]]

* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Tigst Assefa]], Ethiopian long-distance runner <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-11 |title=Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa |url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-marathon-women-1111dfc094501fec1d1bbbedce196e46 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

* [[December 4]]

** [[Daria Svatkovskaya]], former Russian artistic gymnast

** [[Diogo Jota]], Portuguese footballer (d. [[2025]]) <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Liverpool FC seal signing of Diogo Jota on long-term deal |date=19 September 2020 |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/409171-liverpool-fc-seal-signing-of-diogo-jota-on-long-term-deal |access-date=2 January 2025 |publisher=Liverpool F.C.}}</ref>

* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Stefanie Scott]], American actress and singer

* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Gabrielle Thomas]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabby Thomas |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147109 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206033259/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/147109 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[December 10]]

** [[Joe Burrow]], American football quarterback

** [[Kang Daniel]], South Korean singer

** [[Ayano Sato (speed skater)|Ayano Sato]], Japanese speed skater<ref>{{cite web |title=Ayano Sato |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137491 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011135234/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137491 |url-status=live}}</ref>

** [[Jonas Vingegaard]], Danish cyclist<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=115868 |website=cyclingarchives.com |publisher=Cycling Archives |access-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-date=March 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312055630/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=115868 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[December 11]]

** [[Eliza McCartney]], New Zealand track and field athlete

** [[Hailee Steinfeld]], American actress, model and singer

* [[December 12]] &ndash; [[Lucas Hedges]], American actor <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/lucas-hedges-jon-bernthal-to-star-in-bj-novak-anthology-pilot-at-fx/ |title=Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal to Star in BJ Novak Anthology Pilot at FX |website=TheWrap |first=Reid |last=Nakamura |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=January 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730154345/https://www.thewrap.com/lucas-hedges-jon-bernthal-to-star-in-bj-novak-anthology-pilot-at-fx/ |archive-date=July 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[December 14]]

** [[Li Zijun]], Chinese figure skater

** [[Raphinha]], Brazilian footballer <ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2022 |title=Agreement in principle to sign Raphinha |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2676187/agreement-in-principle-to-sign-raphinha |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com}}</ref>

** [[Barbie Ferreira]], American actress and model <ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2022-08-29 |title='Euphoria' Actor Barbie Ferreira Joins Ariana DeBose in Psychological Thriller 'House of Spoils' at Prime Video |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/euphoria-barbie-ferreira-house-of-spoils-1235353405/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=August 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830103359/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/euphoria-barbie-ferreira-house-of-spoils-1235353405/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)|Oleksandr Zinchenko]], Ukrainian footballer

* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[Wilfred Ndidi]], Nigerian footballer

* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Elizaveta Tuktamysheva]], Russian figure skater

* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Franck Kessié]], Ivorian footballer

* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Kaitlyn Dever]], American actress

* [[December 28]]

** [[Alfred Kipketer]], Kenyan middle-distance runner

**[[Nicola Olyslagers]], Australian high jumper <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/nicola-mcdermott-14455361 |title=Nicola OLYSLAGERS &#124; Profile &#124; World Athletics |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>

* [[December 29]]

** [[Dylan Minnette]], American actor, singer and musician

** [[Sana (singer)|Sana]], Japanese singer

== Deaths ==

{{Main|Deaths in 1996}}

==Nobel Prizes==

[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] &ndash; [[David M. Lee]], [[Douglas D. Osheroff]], [[Robert Coleman Richardson|Robert C. Richardson]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] &ndash; [[Robert Curl]], [[Sir Harold Kroto]], [[Richard Smalley]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] &ndash; [[Peter C. Doherty]], [[Rolf M. Zinkernagel]]

* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] &ndash; [[Wisława Szymborska]]

* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] &ndash; [[Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo]] and [[José Ramos-Horta]]

* [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] &ndash; [[James Mirrlees]], [[William Vickrey]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/year.in.review/ 1996 Year in Review] &ndash; [[CNN]]

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