What Happened In March 1996 In History

Historical Events for March, 1996

• 4th » A Weyauwega, Wisconsin, derailment named derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
• 13th » Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 primary school children and one teacher are shot dead by spree killer Thomas Watt Hamilton who then commits suicide.
• 18th » A Ozone Disco Club fire named nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
• 23rd » Taiwan holds its ROC Presidential Election 1996 or first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President of the Republic of China or President.
• 25th » An Montana Freemen Standoff named 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1996

• 1st » Oleksandra Korashvili, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1st » Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer
• 12th » Aristo Sham, Hong Kong piano prodigy
• 18th » Madeline Carroll, American actress
• 19th » Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player
• 22nd » Gig Morton, Canadian actor
• 27th » Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, American-Italian actress

Famous Deaths for March 1996

• 3rd » Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
• 3rd » John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910)
• 4th » Minnie Pearl, American comedian and singer (b. 1912)
• 4th » John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
• 5th » Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
• 8th » Jack Churchill, Hong Kong-English lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 9th » George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896)
• 9th » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor (b. 1916)
• 10th » Ross Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1920)
• 11th » Vince Edwards, American actor and director (b. 1928)
• 13th » Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 16th » Charlie Barnett (comedian) called Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
• 17th » René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 17th » Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 18th » Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 22nd » Don Murray (drummer) e.g Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
• 22nd » Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
• 22nd » Billy Williamson (guitarist) e.g Billy Williamson, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 25th » John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)
• 26th » Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
• 26th » David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
• 27th » Howard Wyeth, American drummer and pianist (b. 1944)
• 28th » Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
• 29th » Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 29th » Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 30th » Hugh Falkus, English pilot and author (b. 1917)
• 30th » Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (b. 1916)
• 31st » Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (b. 1958)

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