Video: 'Documentary - Port Arthur Massacre' (6 videos)
(Sunday, April 28, 1996, 11:45 a.m. AEST) — A man armed with a semiautomatic rifle went on a rampage today on the Australian island of Tasmania, killing 35 people. Martin Bryant was captured by police after a 12-hour standoff at a guest cottage.
(Saturday, April 13, 1996) — “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette peaked at #4 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for five weeks.
Video: 'ABC News footage on Ted Kaczynski's arrest'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1996, afternoon MST) — Federal agents today raided a remote Montana cabin where they seized a onetime university professor suspected of being the Unabomber, the elusive terrorist who has left a 17-year nationwide trail of mail bombs that have killed 3 people and maimed 23 others.
Law-enforcement officials said tonight that the agents had found explosive chemicals and other bomb-making material at the wilderness cabin belonging to the suspect, Theodore J. Kaczynski.
Video: 'Mayday Air Crash Investigation S04E08 Fog Of War Crash in Croatia Inbound Flight 21 is missing'
(Wednesday, April 3, 1996, 2:57 p.m. CEST) — An Air Force jetliner carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, 54, and American business executives slammed into a mountainside today as it approached the airport at Dubrovnik, on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, killing all 35 people aboard.
Video: 'ISRAEL: YIGAL AMIR FOUND GUILTY OF ASSASSINATING YITZHAK RABIN'
(Wednesday, March 27, 1996) — Yigal Amir, the man who shattered Israel when he assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was sentenced to life imprisonment today after having been found guilty of murder.
Video: '1996 Oscars' (28 videos)
(Monday, March 25, 1996, 6:00-9:38 p.m. PST) — Braveheart, a historical drama epic film about Scottish national hero Sir William Wallace and his 13th-century rebellion against landowning English nobles, won seven Oscars tonight at the 68th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Mel Gibson for Best Director. Continue reading ‘Braveheart’ wins Best Picture at 68th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 25 1996)
(Saturday, March 23, 1996) — “Because You Loved Me” by Céline Dion peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for six consecutive weeks (Mar. 23/30, Apr. 6/13/20/27, 1996).
(Saturday, March 23, 1996) — “Free as a Bird” by The Beatles peaked at #11 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
Video: 'Dominick Dunne's power,privilege and justice - Brothers in Arms'
(Wednesday, March 20, 1996) — A jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez today of first-degree murder in the 1989 shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents.
They were later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Video: 'The Beatles (1965 - 1967) - Anthology 2 album'
(Monday, March 18, 1996) — Anthology 2, the second of the three-volume Anthology collection, all of which tie-in with the televised special The Beatles Anthology was released today in the UK (Mar. 19, 1996, in the U.S.), featuring the last released record of new material credited to The Beatles, “Real Love.”
