Unix Timestamp: 837648000
Thursday, July 18. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

An F3 tornado away from the Westminster, Maryland city center injures 3 people and causes $5 million in damages.//www.city-data.com/city/Westminster-Maryland.htmlWestminster, Maryland (MD) Detailed Profile ndash relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex offenders

The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, begin.

Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić resigns from public office in Republika Srpska after being indicted for war crimes.

Howard Hughes is sentenced to life imprisonment at ChesterCrown Court for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Sophie Hook at Llandudno 12 months previously. The trial judge recommends that Hughes, 31, should never be released.