Unix Timestamp: 823824000
Friday, February 9. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Chess computerDeep Blue defeats world chess chion Garry Kasparov for the first time.

Bosnian Serbs break off contact with the Bosnian government and with representatives of Ifor, the NATO localised force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals.

The element Copernicium is discovered.