December 1996 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1996.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1996: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1996?

Events

01 Dec 1996 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2).
02 Dec 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
04 Dec 1996 7th Billboard Music Awards
05 Dec 1996 Dreams & Nightmares, opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
06 Dec 1996 Mashonaland defeats England in first-class tour match.
07 Dec 1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21) lands.
08 Dec 1996 God Said, Ha! closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 22 performances
09 Dec 1996 Jerry Rawlings is reelected president of Ghana.
11 Dec 1996 Tung Chee Hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule in 1997.
12 Dec 1996 Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
13 Dec 1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays.
14 Dec 1996 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards
15 Dec 1996 A ski lift accident in the Swiss resort of Riederalp leaves one dead and 18 injured.
17 Dec 1996 At the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the "Option Red" supercomputer is started up, performing one trillion floating-point operations per second, making it the fastest computer in the world. The US$55 million computer uses 9072 Intel Pentium Pro processors with 600 GB memory and 2 terabyte disc storage.
18 Dec 1996 American TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system.
19 Dec 1996 Once Upon a Matress, opens at Broadhurst NYC for 187 performances
20 Dec 1996 Apple Computer announces it will buy the NeXT Software company for about US$400 million in cash and Apple stock. NeXT Software CEO Steve Jobs will become an advisor to Apple chairman and CEO Gilbert Amelio.
21 Dec 1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning.
25 Dec 1996 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado.
26 Dec 1996 Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
27 Dec 1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21.
29 Dec 1996 Dreams & Nightmares closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
30 Dec 1996 Lew Ayres, American screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at age 88 (born 1908).
31 Dec 1996 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.
09 Dec 1996 Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada.