Portal:Current events/November 1996

November 1996 was the eleventh month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Saturday after 30 days.

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This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from November 1996.

November 1, 1996 (Friday)

Al Jazeera, known as a multi-language news channel, begins regular service in Doha, Qatar.^{[citation needed]}

November 5, 1996 (Tuesday)

Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government is dismissed by President Farooq Leghari after widespread allegations of corruption.
1996 United States presidential election: Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeats his Republican challenger, Bob Dole.

November 7, 1996 (Thursday)

A devastating category 4 cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India. The storm surge sweeps fishing villages out to sea, over 2,000 people die. 95% of the crops are completely destroyed.
NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

November 8, 1996 (Friday)

All 141 people on board a Nigerian-owned Boeing 727 die when the aircraft crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching Lagos airport.

November 11, 1996 (Monday)

13 are killed and 70 wounded in a bomb blast in a Moscow cemetery during a service for veterans of the Afghanistan war.
Queen Elizabeth II leads a Remembrance Day service in London to honour Britain's war dead.
United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali renews his plea for military intervention to save starving in Zaire.

November 12, 1996 (Tuesday)

Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 collides in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Il-76 in New Delhi, India, resulting in the loss of 349 lives.

November 15, 1996 (Friday)

State Street in Chicago is re-opened to pedestrian traffic.

November 16, 1996 (Saturday)

Mother Teresa receives honorary U.S. citizenship.
The scoreboard at Buffalo's $127,500,000 HSBC Arena falls to the ice just hours before a National Hockey League game; no one is injured.^[1]^[2]^[3]

November 17, 1996 (Sunday)

A bomb explosion in Kaspiysk, Russia, kills 32 people.
Emil Constantinescu is elected as President of Romania.

November 18, 1996 (Monday)

Bird expert Tony Silva is sentenced to seven years in prison without parole, for leading an illegal parrot smuggling ring.
Frederick Chiluba is re-elected as President of Zambia.
A fire in the Channel Tunnel causes two injuries and one tunnel is closed for 7 months for repairs.

November 19, 1996 (Tuesday)

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.
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization (CTBTO) established.
STS-80: Space Shuttle Columbia conducts the longest mission of the Space Shuttle program.

November 20, 1996 (Wednesday)

The 1996 Garley Building fire occurred in Hong Kong, resulting in 41 deaths and 81 injuries.

November 21, 1996 (Thursday)

A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33 people.
Demonstrators in Zagreb demand the survival of Radio 101.

November 23, 1996 (Saturday)

The 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, 1996 (Monday)

An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26 directly, hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida; winds gust to 90mph.
The U.S. stock market, especially the Dow Jones Industrial Average, gains at an incredibly fast pace following the 1996 Presidential election. It gains ten days in a row during the month.
The APEC Summit opens in the Philippines.

November 26, 1996 (Tuesday)

The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas is imploded to make way for the Venetian Hotel.

References[edit]

^ "Chicken Little Not Necessary Corestates Scoreboard Built By Same Outfit As Buffalo's". philly-archives. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
^ "Scoreboard Smashes Onto Ice At New Sabres Arena". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
^ "CR4 – Blog Entry: November 16, 1996: The Buffalo Jumbotron Accident". cr4.globalspec.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

[1] "Chicken Little Not Necessary Corestates Scoreboard Built By Same Outfit As Buffalo's". philly-archives. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

[2] "Scoreboard Smashes Onto Ice At New Sabres Arena". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

[3] "CR4 – Blog Entry: November 16, 1996: The Buffalo Jumbotron Accident". cr4.globalspec.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

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