What Happened In May 1996 In History

Historical Events for May, 1996

• 6th » The body of former Central Intelligence Agency named CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
• 11th » The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
• 13th » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
• 20th » LGBT rights in the United States or Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in 'Romer v. Evans' against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicia
• 21st » The ferry MV or Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
• 21st » The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas, kidnapped during the Algerian Civil War and held for two months, are found dead.
• 27th » First Chechnya War: the President of Russia named Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1996

• 3rd » Mary Cain (athlete) named Mary Cain, American runner
• 3rd » Noah Munck, American actor
• 3rd » Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 4th » Tanja Tuomi, Finnish tennis player
• 6th » Dominic Scott Kay, American actor
• 9th » Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer
• 10th » Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
• 11th » Valeria Patiuk, Israeli tennis player
• 12th » You Xiaodi, Chinese tennis player
• 14th » Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ and producer
• 15th » Birdy (musician) or Birdy, English singer-songwriter
• 16th » Louisa Chirico, American tennis player
• 17th » Ryan Ochoa, American actor
• 21st » Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player
• 30th » Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player

Famous Deaths for May 1996

• 1st » Luana Patten, American actress (b. 1938)
• 3rd » Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 3rd » Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
• 8th » Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 8th » Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
• 8th » Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
• 8th » Larry Levis, American poet (b. 1946)
• 11th » Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
• 11th » Rodney Culver, American football player (b. 1969)
• 11th » Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961)
• 11th » Candi Kubeck, American captain and pilot (b. 1961)
• 11th » Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1922)
• 11th » Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1949)
• 11th » Sam Ragan, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 15th » Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
• 16th » Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
• 17th » Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
• 17th » Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
• 17th » Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 19th » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• 20th » Jon Pertwee, English actor (b. 1919)
• 21st » Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (Zahara (band) named Zahara) (b. 1957)
• 21st » Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
• 23rd » Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934)
• 24th » Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
• 24th » Joseph Mitchell (writer) named Joseph Mitchell, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 25th » Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and politician (b. 1929)
• 25th » Bradley Nowell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sublime (band) e.g Sublime) (b. 1968)
• 29th » Tamara Toumanova, Siberian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
• 30th » Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (b. 1903)
• 30th » Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (b. 1961)
• 31st » Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (b. 1920)

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