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January 14, 1996
Died on Monday January 15, 1996
- Adriaan Hage (75), Sint Maartensdijk
- Anna Agatha Scholtens (87)
- Anna Agatha Scholtens- (87)
- Aaltje van Dekken (76), -
- Coert Nederhoff (84), Waterloo
- Alida Johanna de Kanter (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Cornelia Hoogendam (67), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Andréa Louchart (89), Auchel, Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
- Anthony Cornelis van Campenhout (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
- aimable HORLIN (90), Boussu (Belgium)
Born on January 15
- 1990 » Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
- 1990 » Paul Blake, English sprinter
- 1990 » Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
- 1991 » Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
- 1991 » James Mitchell, Australian basketball player
- 1991 » Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
- 1991 » Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
- 1992 » Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
- 1994 » Eric Dier, English footballer
- 1998 » Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast
Died on January 15
- 1993 » Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
- 1994 » Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
- 1994 » Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
- 1994 » Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 1996 » Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
- 1996 » Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
- 1998 » Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898)
- 1998 » Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934)
- 1999 » Betty Box, English composer and producer (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
Names that were popular for boys in 1996
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Jan
- Kevin
- Tim
- Niels
- Robin
- Jeroen
- Michael
- Johannes
- Jasper
- Rick
- Mike
- Max
- Hendrik
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1996
- Laura
- Lisa
- Anna
- Jessica
- Kim
- Emma
- Lotte
- Iris
- Charlotte
- Anne
- Sarah
- Amber
- Julia
- Sanne
- Naomi
- Maria
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1996
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
- January 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
- February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
- April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
- June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
- July 18 » Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
- October 31 » TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
Weather January 15, 1996
The temperature on January 15, 1996 was between 0.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.