1996

France announces end to nuclear testing
"Mad Cow Disease" breaks out in Britain
South Africa gets a new constitution
Benjamin Netanyahu elected Prime Minister of Israel
Russians withdraw from Chechnya
Benjamin Netanyahu wins Israeli elections
Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Great Britain agree to divorce
Virginia Military Institute agrees to admit women
Clinton re-elected President of US
Madeline Albright appointed 1st female Secretary of State in US
Michael Jackson and Lisa Maire Presley divorce
Antimatter created in lab
General Motors introduces the EV1 (1st large scale commercial electric car)
Web TV
New planet discovered near the 4th closest star to Earth
Songs - "Because You Loved Me", "One Sweet Day", "Where Do We Go From Here", "My Maria"
Broadway - "Chicago"
Films - "Hamlet", "Jerry Maguire", Star Trek: First Contact"
Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Kelly, McLean Stevenson, Tommy Rettig, Edmund Muskie, George Burns, Zora Arkus-Duntov, Christopher Robin Milne, Timothy Leary, Max Factor, Sir Frank Whittle, Dorothy Lamour, Tupac Shakur, Bill Munroe, Alger Hiss, Carl Sagan, and Mary Leakey die