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Monday, May 20. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC


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Monday, May 20, 1996

Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill 7 French Trappist monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.
The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
Swede Göran Kropp reaches the Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen, after having bicycled there from Sweden.
Gay rights ndash "Romer v. Evans": The Supreme Court of the United States rules against a law that prevents any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of homosexuals.
The "MV Bukoba" sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.
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