What Happened In April 1996 In History

Historical Events for April, 1996

• 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.
• 27th » The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
• 28th » Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1996

• 3rd » Jackson Bond, American actor
• 3rd » Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
• 4th » Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter
• 12th » Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player
• 14th » Abigail Breslin, American actress
• 15th » İpek Soylu, Turkish tennis player
• 17th » Dee Dee Davis, American actress
• 18th » Ioana Ducu, Romanian tennis player
• 19th » Sam Woolf, American singer
• 23rd » Charlie Rowe, English actor
• 25th » Allisyn Ashley Arm, American actress

Famous Deaths for April 1996

• 1st » Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 1st » John McSherry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1944)
• 3rd » Ron Brown (U.S. politician) e.g Ron Brown, American politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
• 3rd » Carl Stokes, American politician, 51st List of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio called Mayor of Cleveland (b. 1927)
• 4th » Barney Ewell, American runner (b. 1918)
• 4th » Boone Guyton, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1913)
• 5th » Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
• 6th » Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)
• 8th » George W. Jenkins, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Publix known as Publix Super Markets (b. 1907)
• 8th » Ben Johnson (actor) known as Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
• 8th » León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 9th » Richard Condon, American author (b. 1915)
• 9th » James Rouse, American real estate agent, founded The Rouse Company (b. 1914)
• 11th » Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
• 13th » James Burke (gangster) or James Burke, American gangster (b. 1931)
• 13th » Leila Mackinlay, English author (b. 1910)
• 16th » Stavros Niarchos, Greek businessman (b. 1909)
• 17th » Piet Hein (scientist) or Piet Hein, Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905)
• 18th » Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973)
• 18th » Bernard Edwards, American bass player and producer (Chic (band) called Chic) (b. 1952)
• 19th » John Martin Scripps, English murderer (b. 1959)
• 20th » Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)
• 20th » Christopher Robin Milne, English bookseller (b. 1920)
• 21st » Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
• 21st » Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
• 21st » Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 22nd » Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 22nd » Jug McSpaden, American golfer (b. 1908)
• 23rd » Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
• 23rd » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
• 25th » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (b. 1920)
• 26th » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• 27th » William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)
• 27th » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 28th » Lester Sumrall, American minister, founded LeSEA (b. 1913)
• 30th » David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)

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