Unix Timestamp: 848102400
Saturday, November 16. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization, as "Angola".

"STS-80": Space Shuttle Columbia conducts the longest mission of the Space Shuttle program.

An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26 directly, hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida winds gust to 90 mph.

Emil Constantinescu is elected president of Romania.

Frederick Chiluba is reelected president of Zambia.

Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization (CTBTO) established.

A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.

A bomb explosion in Kaspiysk, Russia, kills 32 people.

Mother Teresa receives honorary U.S. citizenship.

Martin Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 1035 years without parole for murdering 35 people in a shooting spree in Tasmania earlier this year.

World-renowned bird expert Tony Silva is sentenced to 7 years in prison without parole, for leading an illegal parrot smuggling ring.

The APEC Summit opens in the Philippines.

Demonstrators in Zagreb demand the survival of Radio 101.

The U.S. stock market, especially the Dow Jones Industrial Average, gains at an incredibly fast pace following the 1996 Presidential election. It gains 10 days in a row during the month.