January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
Day of death April 15, 1996
The temperature on April 15, 1996 was between -1.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (93%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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March 18 » A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
March 23 » Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
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.
July 29 » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
November 23 » Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
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