3rd » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his cabin in Montana, United States.
3rd » A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown (U.S. politician) e.g Ron Brown 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash e.g crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
4th » Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
18th » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are 1996 shelling of Qana known as killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
24th » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.