Unix Timestamp: 822700800
Saturday, January 27. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

President Jacques Chirac announces a definitive end to French nuclear testing.

Imia-Kardak crisis: A Greek flag is hoisted on a small rocky island named Imia (Greek) / Kardak (Turkish).

Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.

Fire destroys La Fenice, Venice's opera house.