Portal:Current events/March 1996

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March 1996 was the third month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Sunday after 31 days.

Portal:Current events[edit]

March 1, 1996 (1996-03-01) (Friday)
  • 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 seventeen hours.
March 2, 1996 (1996-03-02) (Saturday)
March 3, 1996 (1996-03-03) (Sunday)
March 6, 1996 (1996-03-06) (Wednesday)
  • Mesut Yılmaz, of ANAP, forms the new government of Turkey (53rd government).
  • A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside Freetown harbour, in Sierra Leone, killing at least 86 people.
  • Chechen rebels attack the Russian government headquarters in Grozny; 70 Russian soldiers and policemen, and 130 Chechen fighters are killed.
March 8, 1996 (1996-03-08) (Friday)
March 9, 1996 (1996-03-09) (Saturday)
March 11, 1996 (1996-03-11) (Monday)
  • John Howard is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia.
March 13, 1996 (1996-03-13) (Wednesday)
  • Dunblane massacre: Unemployed former shopkeeper 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 14, 1996 (1996-03-14) (Thursday)
  • An international peace summit is held in Egypt, in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East.
March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16) (Saturday)
  • Robert Mugabe is re-elected as President of Zimbabwe, although only 32% of the electorate actually voted.
March 17, 1996 (1996-03-17) (Sunday)
March 18, 1996 (1996-03-18) (Monday)
March 19, 1996 (1996-03-19) (Tuesday)
March 20, 1996 (1996-03-20) (Wednesday)
March 22, 1996 (1996-03-22) (Friday)
March 23, 1996 (1996-03-23) (Saturday)
  • Taiwan (Republic of China) holds its first direct elections for President; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected.
March 24, 1996 (1996-03-24) (Sunday)
March 25, 1996 (1996-03-25) (Monday)
March 26, 1996 (1996-03-26) (Tuesday)
March 28, 1996 (1996-03-28) (Thursday)
  • Fire breaks out at the Pasar Anyar shopping centre in Bogor, West Java. The first death toll estimate is 78 until rescuers notice that 68 of them are mannequins.
  • Three British soldiers are found guilty of the manslaughter of Danish tour guide Louise Jensen in Cyprus. Allan Ford, Justin Fowler and Geoffrey Pernell receive life sentences for the September 1994 rape/murder.
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