Portal:Current events/April 1996

April 1996 was the fourth month of that leap year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Tuesday after 30 days.

Portal:Current events[]

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from April 1996.

April 1, 1996 (Monday)

The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.

April 3, 1996 (Wednesday)

A Boeing 737 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 (see 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash).
Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin.
Massacres of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place, with more than 450 killed within a few days.

April 6, 1996 (Saturday)

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.
Major League Soccer kicks off in front of an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed in Spartan Stadium, to witness the historic first game. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scores the league's first goal in a 1–0 victory over D.C. United.
Turkish authorities begin Operation Hawk, a military offensive against rebels from the Kurdish Worker's Party in south-east Turkey.

April 9, 1996 (Tuesday)

In a common statement, the European Union officially recognises the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

April 11, 1996 (Thursday)

The Israeli government launches Operation Grapes of Wrath, consisting of massive attacks on Lebanon, in retaliation for prior terrorist attacks, and sparking off a violent series of retaliations.
At Düsseldorf Airport, smouldering polystyrene evolves into a major fire, killing seventeen people inside the terminal building.

April 18, 1996 (Thursday)

Qana Massacre: Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed after Israel shells the United Nations compound in Qana.
In reaction to the Qana Massacre, an Islamist group in Egypt open fire on a hotel, killing eighteen Greek tourists and injuring seventeen others.

April 21, 1996 (Sunday)

A general election in Italy proclaims a new center-left government headed by Romano Prodi, replacing Silvio Berlusconi.

April 24, 1996 (Wednesday)

At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel. The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine.

April 26, 1996 (Friday)

A regional security treaty is signed by the "Shanghai Five".

April 28, 1996 (Sunday)

Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur, Tasmania tourist site, Australia.
A bomb explodes in Bhaiperu, Pakistan, killing more than sixty people.

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