Unix Timestamp: 851817600
Sunday, December 29. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The General Motors EV1, the first production electric car of the modern era is launched and becomes available for lease.

The invasive speciesAsian long-horned beetle is found in New York.

The Hacienda in Las Vegas is imploded to make way for the Mandalay Bay.

In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.

Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers, who shut down services across Israel.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the BNSF Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.

Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord that ends a 36-year civil war.