What happened in 1996

“Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”

Los Del Rio · 14 weeks at #1 in 1996

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1. Jan 6One Sweet DayMariah Carey & Boyz II Men11 wks
2. Mar 23Because You Loved Me (From "Up Close & Personal")Celine Dion6 wks
3. May 4Always Be My BabyMariah Carey2 wks
4. May 18Tha CrossroadsBone Thugs-N-Harmony8 wks
5. Jul 13How Do U Want It/California Love2Pac Featuring K-Ci And JoJo2 wks
6. Jul 27You're Makin' Me High/Let It FlowToni Braxton1 wk
7. Aug 3Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)Los Del Rio14 wks
8. Nov 9No DiggityBLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)4 wks
9. Dec 7Un-Break My HeartToni Braxton4 wks

Dates are the first chart week at #1 in 1996; weeks count only those in 1996.Find the #1 song on your birthday →

1. Jan 17The Czech Republic applies for membership in the European Union.
2. Jan 19A tank barge and a tug grounded on a beach in Rhode Island, causing a spill of an estimated 828,000 U.S. gallons (3.13 million litres) of home heating oil.
3. Feb 27The multimedia franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the video games Pocket Monsters Red and Green.
4. Mar 25The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
5. Apr 3Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
6. Apr 11While attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and two others.
7. May 10A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
8. Jun 15The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.
9. Sep 7American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
10. Nov 5Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
11. Nov 7NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
12. Dec 25The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.
13. Dec 26Six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
14. Dec 30Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

Event summaries from Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Each links to its article.

• U.S. President

  Bill Clinton

• UK Prime Minister

  John Major

• Prime Minister of Canada

  Jean Chrétien

• German Chancellor

  Helmut Kohl

• Prime Minister of Japan

  Tomiichi Murayama → Ryutaro Hashimoto

• President of Russia

  Boris Yeltsin

Everyone who held the office at some point in 1996, from Wikidata.

A selection of the best-documented titles on Wikidata, by first release year; not a box-office ranking.

• Dove CameronAmerican actress and singer · Jan 15
• Maxwell Jacob FriedmanAmerican professional wrestler · Mar 15
• Liza KoshyAmerican actress, comedian, and television host · Mar 31
• Abigail BreslinAmerican actress · Apr 14
• Taylor TownsendAmerican tennis player · Apr 16
• 6ix9ineAmerican rapper · May 8
• Noah CentineoAmerican actor · May 9
• Josh AllenAmerican football player · May 21
• Christian McCaffreyAmerican football player · Jun 7
• Scottie SchefflerAmerican golfer · Jun 21

From Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0.