What Happened In November 1996 In History

Historical Events for November, 1996

• 3rd » Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk scandal e.g Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Interior Minister (Turkey) named Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a lead
• 5th » President of Pakistan or Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister of Pakistan known as Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
• 7th » NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
• 12th » A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision named collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
• 18th » A 1996 Channel Tunnel fire known as fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
• 19th » Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.
• 21st » Humberto Vidal Explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes.
• 23rd » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
• 25th » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1996

• 4th » Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
• 7th » Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 13th » Austin Williams, American actor
• 22nd » Madison Davenport, American actress and singer
• 22nd » Mackenzie Lintz, American actress
• 23rd » Lia Marie Johnson, American actress
• 23rd » Nicholas McDonald, Scottish singer
• 23rd » Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
• 29th » Akvilė Paražinskaitė, Lithuanian tennis player

Famous Deaths for November 1996

• 1st » J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1906)
• 2nd » Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (b. 1963)
• 2nd » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902)
• 3rd » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish drug trafficker and murderer (b. 1956)
• 6th » Toni Schmücker, German businessman (b. 1921)
• 7th » Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)
• 7th » Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria) named Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
• 9th » Joe Ghiz, Canadian politician, 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1945)
• 13th » Bill Doggett, American pianist and composer (b. 1916)
• 14th » John A. Cade, American politician (b. 1929)
• 15th » Alger Hiss, American lawyer, diplomat, and author (b. 1904)
• 21st » Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 22nd » María Casares, Spanish-French actress (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Terence Donovan (photographer) e.g Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936)
• 22nd » Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
• 23rd » Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (b. 1943)
• 23rd » Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1961)
• 24th » Sorley MacLean, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1911)
• 26th » Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 26th » Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)
• 29th » Dan Flavin, American sculptor (b. 1933)
• 29th » Denis Jenkinson, English motor sport journalist (b. 1920)
• 30th » Tiny Tim (musician) named Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)

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