February 1996

Thursday 01:

Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress

Sunday 04:

Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F. (-32°C)

Tuesday 06:

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 757 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Dominican Republic killing 189

Thursday 08:

The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

Friday 09:

The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf

Saturday 10:

The World Trade Centre in London is partially destroyed by an IRA bomb.

Tuesday 13:

The Nepalese People's War began.

Saturday 17:

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

Saturday 24:

The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.

Thursday 29:

A Peruvian Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing 123 people.