February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
Day of death October 25, 1996
The temperature on October 25, 1996 was between 7.6 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
February 6 » Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.
March 23 » Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
July 3 » British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
July 29 » The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
Day of burial October 29, 1996
The temperature on October 29, 1996 was between 8.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
April 1 » The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.
September 5 » Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.
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.
December 22 » Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.
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