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Line 3: {{Events by month\|1996}} {{More citations needed\|date=May 2023}} [[File:1996 b.jpg\|right\|Clockwise from top-left: The remix of [[Macarena]] sung by the Bayside Boys became an international phenomenon; an [[Antonov-32]] plane [[1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash\|crahsed into a crowded market]] in [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]]. 2 people were killed on the plane, but up to 348 people were killed and over 500 were injured on the ground, the accident with the most ground fatalities of any air disaster in history until [[American Airlines flight 11\|2001]] and the deadliest airplane crash in Africa; [[1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision\|Saudia Flight 763 crashes with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1607 in mid-air]] over [[Charkhi Dadri]], [[India]], making it the [[Mid-air collision\|world's deadliest mid-air collision]] with 349 total fatalities and 0 survivors; the wreckage of [[TWA Flight 800]]. The plane exploded and crashed 12 minutes after takeoff from [[New York City]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]], with 230 fatalities and 0 survivors, making it the third-deadliest aviation accident in United States history, and birthing [[TWA Flight 800 conspiracy theories\|conspiracy theories]] and contributing to the eventual dissolution of [[Trans World Airlines]]; eight people die during [[1996 Mount Everest disaster\|a blizzard on Mount Everest]], the deadliest disaster on [[Mount Everest]] which raised questions about the safety of trekking on the mountain; [[Martin Bryant]] killed 35 people and injured 28 more during a [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)\|spree shooting]] at [[Port Arthur, Tasmania]], contributing to drastic changes among Australia's [[gun laws]]; the [[ISrael Defense Forces]] fired airstrikes at a [[United Nations]] compound in southern [[Lebanon]], killing 106 Lebanese civilians; the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Atlanta]], the 100th anniversary of the [[1896 Summer Olympics\|first modern Olympic game session]].\|300x300px\|thumb]] <!-- This needs further discussion on the Talk page to achieve consensus [[File:1996 collage V2.png\|right\|Clockwise from top-left: "[[Macarena]]", sung by [[Los del Río]] and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and [[cultural phenomenon]]; the center [[fuel tank]] explodes on [[TWA Flight 800]], causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; eight people [[1996 Mount Everest disaster\|die]] in a [[blizzard]] on [[Mount Everest]]; the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Atlanta]], marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern [[Olympic Games]]; the [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)\|Port Arthur Massacre]] occurs on [[Tasmania]], and leads to major changes in [[Gun laws of Australia\|Australia's gun laws]]; during [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]], a diagram of the [[Qana massacre]] in [[Lebanon]]; a [[Kazakhstan Airlines]] [[Ilyushin Il-76]] [[1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision\|collides]] with [[Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763]], making it the deadliest [[mid-air collision]] in history; [[Dolly (sheep)\|Dolly the sheep]] becomes the first [[mammal]] to have been cloned from an adult [[somatic cell]].\|300x300px\|thumb]] --> {{About year\|1996}} {{Year nav\|1996}}

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