Unix Timestamp: 843782400
Friday, September 27. 1996, 12:00:00 AM UTC

An AeroperúBoeing 757 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 on board.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

The former prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrei Lukanov, is assassinated.

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.