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This is a list of notable events in music that occurred in 1996.
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10 events2010
The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.
2002
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.
1999
In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.
1998
The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.
1989
Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.
1961
Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.
1948
Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.
1945
World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.
1945
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again.
1920
The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.