Portal:Current events/June 1996

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June 1996 was the sixth month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Sunday after 30 days.

Portal:Current events[edit]

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from June 1996.

June 1, 1996 (1996-06-01) (Saturday)
  • The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent 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 4, 1996 (1996-06-04) (Tuesday)
  • The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.
June 6, 1996 (1996-06-06) (Thursday)
June 7, 1996 (1996-06-07) (Friday)
June 8, 1996 (1996-06-08) (Saturday)
June 10, 1996 (1996-06-10) (Monday)
June 11, 1996 (1996-06-11) (Tuesday)
  • An explosion in a São Paulo suburban shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100.
  • A peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed.
June 12, 1996 (1996-06-12) (Wednesday)
June 13, 1996 (1996-06-13) (Thursday)
June 15, 1996 (1996-06-15) (Saturday)
June 19, 1996 (1996-06-19) (Wednesday)
  • Boris Yeltsin emerges as the winner in Russia's first round of presidential elections.
June 20, 1996 (1996-06-20) (Thursday)
June 23, 1996 (1996-06-23) (Sunday)
June 25, 1996 (1996-06-25) (Tuesday)
June 26, 1996 (1996-06-26) (Wednesday)
June 28, 1996 (1996-06-28) (Friday)
June 29, 1996 (1996-06-29) (Saturday)
June 30, 1996 (1996-06-30) (Sunday)
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