August 1996

Thursday 01:

Olympic Games: Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, beating the old world record by over 0.3 seconds.

Tuesday 06:

NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

Friday 16:

Sigma Beta Rho is founded at the University of Pennsylvania.

Wednesday 28:

Britain's Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, are divorced.

Thursday 29:

A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.