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January 31, 1996 
January 29, 1996
Died on Tuesday January 30, 1996
- Aart Vogelaar (81), Leiderdorp,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bouwina Grooten (71), Ter Apel, Groningen, Nederland
- Bouwina Grooten (71), Ter Apel, Groningen, Nederland
- Catharina Geertruida Geutjes (81), Nijmegen, Nederland
- Adriana de Reus (72), Bilthoven
- Alida Elisabeth Maria Dapper (61)
- Anne Frederiks van der Vegt (70), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- Arie van Waardhuizen (74), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
- * Theo van de Griendt (60)
- Antonia Hendrika Meulman (65), Marshoek, dalfsen
Born on January 30
- 1990 » Andrew McCullough, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 » Joe Colborne, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 » Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1990 » Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer
- 1990 » Nils Miatke, German footballer
- 1990 » Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer
- 1991 » Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 » Katy Marchant, English track cyclist
- 1995 » Jack Laugher, English diver
- 1995 » Víctor Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player († 2015)
Died on January 30
- 1991 » Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907)
- 1991 » John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 1994 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author (b. 1912)
- 1999 » Ed Herlihy, American journalist (b. 1909)
- 1999 » Huntz Hall, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2001 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French soldier and actor (b. 1911)
- 2001 » Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915)
- 2001 » Joseph Ransohoff, American surgeon and educator (b. 1915)
- 2005 » Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971)
- 2006 » Coretta Scott King, American author and activist (b. 1927)
Names that were popular for boys in 1996
- Pieter
- Thomas
- Jan
- Kevin
- Tim
- Niels
- Robin
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Michael
- Jasper
- Rick
- Mike
- Hendrik
- Max
- Cornelis
Names that were popular for girls in 1996
- Laura
- Lisa
- Anna
- Jessica
- Kim
- Emma
- Lotte
- Iris
- Anne
- Charlotte
- Sarah
- Amber
- Julia
- Sanne
- Maria
- Naomi
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 19 » The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
- February 17 » In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
- July 18 » Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
- August 14 » Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
- 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 24 » Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
Weather January 30, 1996
The temperature on January 30, 1996 was between -5.3 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.