Originally posted by Rape Monster
1996 called, they want their news back
Chechens capture 2,000 Russians (Jan. 9). Chechnya peace treaty signed (May 27).
France agrees to end nuclear testing (Jan. 29). Background: nuclear disarmament
Britain alarmed by an outbreak of "mad cow" disease (March 20 et seq.).
UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats (March 22). Nations pledge $1.23 billion in aid to rebuild Bosnia (April 22).
South Africa gets new constitution (May 8).
Israel elects Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister (May 31).
Militant Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul (Sept. 27).
Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave (Aug. 31); after warning, US attacks Iraq's southern air defenses (Sept. 2–3).
Ethnic violence breaks out in Zairian refugee camps (Oct. 13); Clinton approves plan for UN-backed relief mission for 1.2 million Hutu refugees starving in eastern Zaire (Nov. 13). Hundreds of thousands return to Rwanda (Nov. 15–18).
U.S. Events
U.S. Statistics
President: William J. Clinton
Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.
Population: 265,189,794
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 50.8
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 44.4
More U.S. Statistics...
US budget crisis in fourth month (Jan 3).
Clinton approves resumption of many government operations (Jan. 6).
Bob Dole sweeps primaries (March 5).
F.B.I. arrests suspected Unabomber (April 3).
Clinton signs line-item veto bill (April 9).
President blocks ban on late-term abortions (April 10).
Valujet crashes in Everglades; all 110 aboard killed (May 11).
747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island, N.Y.; all 230 aboard perish (July 17).
Congress passes welfare reform bill (Aug. 2); approved by Clinton Aug. 22.
Republican convention nominates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (Aug. 14); Democratic convention nominates incumbents Clinton and Gore, who win the national election (Nov. 5).
Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state (Dec. 5).
