Unix Timestamp: 825465600
Wednesday, February 28. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Canadian singer Alanis Morissette wins the top honor, Album of the Year award, at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. She is the youngest person to ever win this award, a record she held until 2010.

In Lumberton, North Carolina, Daniel Green is convicted of the murder of James Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan.

At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kala, Uganda.

Faucett Flight 251 in route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa all 123 people on board are killed.

The Bosnian government declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo.