What Happened In December 1996 In History

Historical Events for December, 1996

• 20th » NeXT merges with Apple Inc. called Apple Computer, starting the path to OS X or Mac OS X.
• 26th » Start of the 1996–1997 strikes in South Korea named largest strike in South Korean history.
• 27th » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
• 29th » Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year Guatemalan Civil War e.g civil war.
• 30th » In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo people named Bodo separatists, killing 26.
• 30th » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1996

• 6th » Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer
• 8th » Teala Dunn, American actress
• 9th » Mykayla Skinner, American gymnast
• 11th » Jack Griffo, American actor
• 11th » Hailee Steinfeld, American actress
• 22nd » Makisig Morales, Filipino singer and actor (Mak and the Dudes)

Famous Deaths for December 1996

• 1st » Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
• 3rd » Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
• 6th » Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 8th » Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
• 8th » Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (b. 1938)
• 9th » Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (The Waitresses) (b. 1956)
• 9th » Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
• 9th » Alain Poher, French politician, President of France (b. 1909)
• 9th » Diana Morgan (screenwriter) called Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 10th » Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
• 11th » Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded 'Private Eye' (b. 1937)
• 12th » Vance Packard, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1914)
• 13th » Edward Blishen, English author (b. 1920)
• 14th » Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (b. 1928)
• 16th » Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)
• 18th » Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (b. 1904)
• 19th » Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor (b. 1924)
• 20th » Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (b. 1934)
• 22nd » Jack Hamm, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
• 25th » Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928)
• 26th » Kostas Palios, Greek actor (b. 1926)
• 29th » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
• 30th » Lew Ayres, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 30th » Jack Nance, American actor (b. 1943)

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