What Happened In July 1996 In History

Historical Events for July, 1996

• 3rd » Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
• 5th » Dolly (sheep) called Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
• 15th » A Belgian Air Component or Belgian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules called C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
• 17th » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island or Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
• 17th » The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is founded.
• 27th » Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta or Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. One hu
• 28th » The remains of a Prehistory e.g prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
• 29th » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a United States federal courts named U.S. federal court as too broad.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1996

• 1st » Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
• 5th » Dolly (sheep) or Dolly, Scottish sheep (d. 2003)
• 6th » Robert Naylor (actor) e.g Robert Naylor, Canadian actor
• 6th » Death of Sigrid Schjetne called Sigrid Schjetne, Norwegian homicide victim (d. 2012)
• 6th » Sun Ziyue, Chinese tennis player
• 12th » Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
• 13th » Jena Irene, American singer-songwriter
• 19th » Oh Ha-young, South Korean singer and dancer (A Pink)
• 22nd » Skyler Gisondo, American actor
• 23rd » Rachel G. Fox, American actress and singer
• 26th » Olivia Breen, English-Welsh sprinter
• 26th » Tatjana Vorobjova, Estonian tennis player
• 27th » Ashlyn Sanchez, American actress
• 30th » Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player

Famous Deaths for July 1996

• 1st » William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1904)
• 1st » Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (b. 1954)
• 1st » Steve Tesich, Serbian-American author and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 3rd » Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor (b. 1926)
• 6th » Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
• 9th » Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (b. 1907)
• 10th » Eno Raud, Estonian author (b. 1928)
• 12th » John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)
• 12th » Jonathan Melvoin, American keyboard player (The Smashing Pumpkins) (b. 1961)
• 13th » Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (b. 1905)
• 14th » Jeff Krosnoff, American race car driver (b. 1964)
• 15th » Dana Hill, American actress and singer (b. 1964)
• 16th » John Panozzo, American drummer (Styx (band) called Styx) (b. 1948)
• 16th » Adolf von Thadden, German politician (b. 1921)
• 17th » Victims of TWA Flight 800
• 17th » Chas Chandler, American bass player and producer (The Animals) (b. 1938)
• 22nd » Rob Collins (musician) called Rob Collins, English keyboard player (The Charlatans (UK band) or The Charlatans) (b. 1956)
• 23rd » Jean Muir (actress) called Jean Muir, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 23rd » Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 24th » Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (b. 1937)
• 25th » Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (b. 1914)
• 28th » Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908)
• 29th » Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
• 29th » Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920)
• 29th » Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (Pennywise (band) e.g Pennywise and Humble Gods) (b. 1967)
• 30th » Claudette Colbert, French-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 30th » Magda Schneider, German actress and singer (b. 1909)

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