Historical figures in 1996
The atlas holds 39 people and 53 moments here, in 1996. The most recorded lives are Tupac Shakur, Mercedes Sosa and Osama bin Laden. Among them Performers, Writers and Musicians and Composers.
Notable people
Abdus Salam
in 1996
2 moments here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1996
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Allan MacLeod Cormack
in 1996
1 moment here
South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…
Aslan Maskhadov
in 1996
2 moments here
Aslan Maskhadov was a Soviet artillery officer, Chechen military commander, and president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
Burhanuddin Rabbani
in 1996
1 moment here
Afghan Islamic scholar, Jamiat-e Islami leader, president of Afghanistan during 1992–96 and briefly in 2001, Northern Alliance political leader, and…
Carl Sagan
in 1996
1 moment here
American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…
Cesária Évora
in 1996
1 moment here
Cape Verdean singer celebrated internationally for morna and coladeira, known as the “Barefoot Diva.” Born and long associated with Mindelo on São…
Claude Simon
in 1996
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Daniel arap Moi
in 1996
1 moment here
Kenyan teacher and politician who served as Kenya’s vice president from 1967 to 1978 and its second president from 1978 to 2002.…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1996
3 moments here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Diego Maradona
in 1996
1 moment here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Douglas Adams
in 1996
1 moment here
English author, screenwriter and humourist best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.…
Dzhokhar Dudayev
in 1996
1 moment here
Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Soviet Air Force major general and the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.…
George Michael
in 1996
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Heath Ledger
in 1996
1 moment here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
Jacques Chirac
in 1996
1 moment here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1996
1 moment here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Jiang Zemin
in 1996
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Jorge Amado
in 1996
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Kobe Bryant
in 1996
1 moment here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Liu Xiaobo
in 1996
1 moment here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Marguerite Duras
in 1996
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…
Mario Vargas Llosa
in 1996
1 moment here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Mathieu Kérékou
in 1996
1 moment here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Moments
- 1996 Burial in Rabwah Abdus Salam
- 1996 Journey through the Tver and Upper Volga region Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1996 Tour in Eldoret Daniel arap Moi
- 1996 Toronto Italia friendly Diego Maradona
- 1996 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference keynote Douglas Adams
- 1996 MTV Unplugged concert George Michael
- 1996 Returns to Perth for Sweat Heath Ledger
- 1996 Medical emergency in Paris Jorge Amado
- 1996 Summer Pro League debut Kobe Bryant
- 1996 Royal Spanish Academy inauguration Mario Vargas Llosa
- 1996 Festival Nacional de Folklore de Cosquín closing performance Mercedes Sosa
- 1996 Olympic flame lighting Muhammad Ali
- 1996 Return to Egypt Nawal El Saadawi
- 1996 Chartered flight to Jalalabad Osama bin Laden
- 1996 Nazim Jihad compound residence Osama bin Laden
- 1996 Transit through Kabul Osama bin Laden
- 1996 Eyes Wide Shut production at Pinewood Stanley Kubrick
- 1996 BASF-Lynx Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1996 Erasmus Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1996 Men's Fashion Week appearance in Milan Tupac Shakur
- 1996 Preacher's Wife gospel recording Whitney Houston
- 1996 Residency at Mattress Factory Yayoi Kusama
- 1996 Visited children's cancer wards in Lahore Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1996 CHANEL at PARCO Theatre Momoko Kōchi
- 1996 Death at rue Saint-Benoît Marguerite Duras
- 1996 Meeting U.S. Ambassador Quinn at the Royal Palace Norodom Sihanouk
- 1996 Death near Gekhi-Chu Dzhokhar Dudayev
- 1996 Retaking presidential oath Mathieu Kérékou
- 1996 Death at Chelsea home P. L. Travers
- 1996 Visit to Arbois Claude Simon
- 1996 Campaign visit to Volgograd Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1996 Ceasefire negotiations at Nazran Aslan Maskhadov
- 1996 Cancer-research fundraiser in Chicago Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1996 Lindau lecture on internal imaging Allan MacLeod Cormack
- 1996 Medal ceremony in Porto Alegre Mercedes Sosa
- 1996 Royal birthday concert in Brunei Michael Jackson
- 1996 Khasavyurt Accord Aslan Maskhadov
- 1996 Brunei royal wedding performance Whitney Houston
- 1996 Retreat to Taloqan Burhanuddin Rabbani
- 1996 White House breast-cancer breakfast Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1996 Address in Tours Jacques Chirac
- 1996 Death at University Medical Center Tupac Shakur
- 1996 Drive-by shooting at Flamingo Road and Koval Lane Tupac Shakur
- 1996 MGM Grand boxing match Tupac Shakur
- 1996 Veterans Wadsworth Theater concert Cesária Évora
- 1996 Reeducation-through-labor detention in Dalian Liu Xiaobo
- 1996 CIM-UNESCO Prize in Aachen Mercedes Sosa
- 1996 Death in Oxford Abdus Salam
- 1996 Death at home in Bangui Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1996 State visit to New Delhi Jiang Zemin