1996

1996 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1996; MCMXCVI
Ab urbe condita	2749
Armenian calendar	1445; ԹՎ ՌՆԽԵ
Assyrian calendar	6746
Baháʼí calendar	152–153
Balinese saka calendar	1917–1918
Bengali calendar	1403
Berber calendar	2946
British Regnal year	44 Eliz. 2 – 45 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2540
Burmese calendar	1358
Byzantine calendar	7504–7505
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig); 4693 or 4486; — to —; 丙子年 (Fire Rat); 4694 or 4487
Coptic calendar	1712–1713
Discordian calendar	3162
Ethiopian calendar	1988–1989
Hebrew calendar	5756–5757
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2052–2053
- Shaka Samvat	1917–1918
- Kali Yuga	5096–5097
Holocene calendar	11996
Igbo calendar	996–997
Iranian calendar	1374–1375
Islamic calendar	1416–1417
Japanese calendar	Heisei 8; (平成８年)
Javanese calendar	1928–1929
Juche calendar	85
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4329
Minguo calendar	ROC 85; 民國85年
Nanakshahi calendar	528
Thai solar calendar	2539
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年; (female Wood-Pig); 2122 or 1741 or 969; — to —; 阳火鼠年; (male Fire-Rat); 2123 or 1742 or 970
Unix time	820454400 – 852076799

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century; 20th century ; 21st century;
Decades:	1970s; 1980s; 1990s ; 2000s; 2010s;
Years:	1993; 1994; 1995; 1996 ; 1997; 1998; 1999;

1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1990s decade.

1996 was designated as:

International Year for the Eradication of Poverty

Events

January

January 3 – Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone to date.
January 5 – Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is assassinated by an Israeli Shabak-planted, bomb-laden cell phone.
January 7 – One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30.7 inches (78 cm) of snow, New York City's public schools close for the first time in eighteen years and the federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for days.
January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city, Kinshasa, killing 300 people.
January 9–20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya.
January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government.
January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal.
January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February.
January 19
- The North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The North Cape Barge is pulled along with it and leaks 820,000 gallons of home heating oil.
- An Indonesian ferry sinks off the northern tip of Sumatra, drowning more than 100 people.
January 20 – Yasser Arafat is re-elected president of the Palestinian Authority.

January 21 – France undertakes its last nuclear weapons test.
January 22 – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, resigns due to health problems; a new government forms under Costas Simitis.
January 24 – Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow. He is replaced by Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.
January 27 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected President of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
January 31
- Colombo Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
- An explosion in Shaoyang, China kills 122 people and injures over 400 when 10 short tons (9.1 t) of dynamite in an illegal explosives warehouse underneath an apartment building detonate.
- An amateur astronomer from southern Japan discovers Comet Hyakutake; it will pass very close to the Earth in March.

February

February 4 – The 6.6 M_w  earthquake near Lijiang in South-west China kills up to 322 people, injures 17,000, and leaves 300,000 homeless.
February 6 – Birgenair Flight 301, on an unauthorised charter flight from the Caribbean to Germany, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 passengers and crew.
February 7 – René Préval succeeds Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier, in 1804.
February 9
- The element copernicium is created by fusing a ²⁰⁸Pb nucleus with a ⁷⁰Zn nucleus, forming ²⁷⁸Cn. Given the placeholder name "ununbium", the element is not named until 2010.
- An IRA ceasefire ends with the Docklands bombing in London's Canary Wharf District, killing two people and causing over £85,000,000 worth of damage.
February 10 – Bosnian Serbs break off contact with the Bosnian government and with representatives of Ifor, the NATO localised force, in reaction to the arrest of several Bosnian Serb war criminals.
February 14 – Violent clashes erupt between Filipino soldiers and Vietnamese boat people, as the Filipino government attempts to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Vietnamese asylum seekers.
February 15
- The American Embassy in Athens, Greece, comes under mortar fire.
- Begum Khaleda Zia is re-elected as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. The country's second democratic election is marred by low voter turnout, due to several boycotts and pre-election violence, which has resulted in at least thirteen deaths.
- The UK government publishes the Scott Report.

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Feb.15: Long March rocket, with Intelsat 708 satellite, veers upon launch (images from Cox Commission report for U.S. Congress).

February 16 – 1996 Maryland train collision: A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
February 17 – The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake strikes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured.
February 24 – Cuban fighter jets shoot down two American aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Cuban officials assert that they invaded Cuban airspace.
February 25 – Two suicide bombs in Israel kill 25 and injure 80; Hamas claims responsibility.
February 29
- Faucett Flight 251 en route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa; all 123 people on board are killed.
- At least 81 people drown when a boat capsizes 120 kilometres east of Kampala, Uganda.
- The Bosnian government declares the end of the Siege of Sarajevo.

March

March 1 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces refuse UNSCOM inspection teams access to five sites designated for inspection. The teams enter the sites only after delays of up to seventeen hours.
March 2 – Australian federal election, 1996: The Liberal/National Coalition led by John Howard defeats the Labor Government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating. Howard was sworn in on March 11.^[1]
March 3 – José María Aznar, leader of the Popular Party, is elected as Prime Minister of Spain, replacing Felipe González.
March 3–4 – Two suicide bombs explode in Israel, killing 32 people. The Yahya Ayyash Units admit responsibility, and Palestinian president Yasser Arafat condemns the killings in a televised address. Israel warns of retaliation.
March 6
- Mesut Yılmaz of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (53rd government).
- A boat carrying market traders capsizes outside Freetown harbour in Sierra Leone, killing at least 86 people.
- Chechen rebels attack the Russian government headquarters in Grozny; 70 Russian soldiers and policemen and 130 Chechen fighters are killed.
March 8 – China begins surface-to-surface missile testing and military exercises off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United States government condemns the act as provocation, and the Taiwanese government warns of retaliation.
March 9 – Jorge Sampaio is the new Portuguese president.
March 13 – Dunblane massacre: Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing sixteen infant school pupils and one teacher before committing suicide.
March 14 – An international peace summit is held in Egypt in response to escalating terrorist attacks in the Middle East.
March 16 – Robert Mugabe is re-elected as President of Zimbabwe, although only 32% of the electorate actually voted.
March 17 – Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by beating Australia in the final.
March 18 – The Ozone Disco Club fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 163 people.
March 22 – Sweden's Finance Minister Göran Persson becomes the new Prime Minister of Sweden.
March 23 – Taiwan (Republic of China) holds its first direct elections for President; Lee Teng-hui is re-elected.
March 24 – The Marcopper mining disaster on the island of Marinduque, Philippines takes place.
March 25 – The 68th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Braveheart winning Best Picture.
March 26 – The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan to Russia for economic reform.

April

April 1 – The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.
April 3
- A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia. All 35 people on board are killed, including United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown.
- Massacres of Hutus by Tutsis in Burundi take place with more than 450 killed within a few days.
April 6
- Fighting breaks out in Monrovia, Liberia, between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation.
- Turkish authorities begin Operation Hawk, a military offensive against rebels from the Kurdish Workers' Party in south-east Turkey.
April 9 – In a common statement, the European Union officially recognises the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
April 11 – The Israeli government launches Operation Grapes of Wrath, consisting of massive attacks on Lebanon, in retaliation for prior terrorist attacks, and sparking off a violent series of retaliations.
April 18
- Qana Massacre: Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed after Israel shells the United Nations compound in Qana.
- In reaction to the Qana Massacre, an Islamist group in Egypt open fire on a hotel, killing eighteen Greek tourists and injuring seventeen others.
April 21 – A general election in Italy proclaims a new center-left government headed by Romano Prodi, replacing Silvio Berlusconi.
April 24 – At the urging of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization drops its clause calling for the removal of Israel. The Israeli government responds by dropping a similar clause concerning the existence of Palestine.
April 28
- Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur tourist site in Tasmania, Australia.
- A bomb explodes in Bhaiperu, Pakistan, killing more than 60 people.

May

May – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM supervises the destruction of Al-Hakam, Iraq's main production facility of biological warfare agents.
May 9
- South Africa's National Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the African National Congress assumes full political control.
- Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75% of the vote.
May 10
- 1996 Everest disaster: A sudden storm engulfs Mount Everest with several climbing teams high on the mountain, leaving eight people dead. By the end of the month, at least four other climbers die in the worst season of fatalities on the mountain to date.
- The Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both automatic and semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Port Arthur massacre.
May 11 – After takeoff from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.
May 13 – Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
May 17–28 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is elected as Prime Minister of India, replacing P. V. Narasimha Rao of the Indian National Congress. However, the party does not receive an overall majority and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence vote and is replaced by the United Front leader, Deve Gowda.
May 18 – The X Prize Foundation launches the $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize.
May 21
- The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters in Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000 people in one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.
- The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.
May 23 – Members of the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria kill seven French Trappist monks, after talks with French government concerning the imprisonment of several GIA sympathisers break down.
May 27 – First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a ceasefire for the dispute.
May 28 – Albania's general election of May 26 is declared unfair by international monitors, and the ruling Democratic Party under President Sali Berisha is charged by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with rigging the elections. Several hundred protestors gather in Tirana to demonstrate against the election result.
May 30 – The Likud Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a narrow victory in the Israeli general election.

June

June – Iraq disarmament crisis: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the United States fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.
June 1–3 – The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively. Prime Minister Václav Klaus and his incumbent Civic Democratic Party emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President Václav Havel refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition.
June 4 – The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.
June 6 – Leighton W. Smith, Jr. resigns as NATO commander in the face of increasing criticism.
June 8–30 – England hosts the UEFA Euro 1996 football tournament, which is won by Germany.
June 11
- An explosion in a São Paulo suburban shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100.
- A peace convoy carrying Chechen separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed.
June 15 – In Manchester, UK, a massive IRA bomb injures over 200 people and devastates a large part of the city centre.
June 28
- A new government is formed in Turkey, with Necmettin Erbakan of Refah Partisi becoming Prime Minister of the coalition government, and Deputy/Foreign Minister Tansu Çiller of the True Path Party succeeding him after two years.
- The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
June 29
- The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
- An explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 36 people and injures 52 others.
June 30
- Costas Simitis is elected president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Greece.
- Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić relinquishes power to his deputy, Biljana Plavšić.

July

July
- Iraq disarmament crisis: U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter attempts to conduct surprise inspections on the Republican Guard facility at the airport but is blocked by Iraqi officials.
- The Indian government officially renames the city of Madras, restoring the name Chennai.^[2]
July 1
- The Northern Territory in Australia legalises voluntary euthanasia.
- German orthography reform of 1996 agreed internationally.
July 3 – Boris Yeltsin is re-elected as President of Russia after the second round of elections.
July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at the Roslin Institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
July 11 – Arrest warrants are issued for Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by the Russell Tribunal in The Hague.
July 12 – Hurricane Bertha: made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 2 storm, causing $270 million in damage ($525 million in present-day terms^[3]) to the United States and its possessions and many indirect deaths.
July 16 – An outbreak of E. coli food poisoning in Japan results in 6,000 children being ill, including two deaths, after a group of school children eat contaminated lunches.
July 17
- The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) is constituted.
- Paris- and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 people on board.
July 19
- The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, begin.
- Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić resigns from public office in Republika Srpska after being indicted for war crimes.
July 21 – The Saguenay Flood, one of Canada's most costly natural disasters, is caused by flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec.
July 24 – The Dehiwala train bombing kills 56 commuters outside Colombo.
July 25 – The Tutsi-led Burundian army performs a coup and reinstalls previous president Pierre Buyoya, ousting current president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
July 27 – The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills one person and injures 111.

August

August
- The first three-parent baby is conceived in New Jersey through mitochondrial donation.^[4]
- The invasive species Asian long-horned beetle is found in New York City.
August 1
- Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.
- A pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia is broken up by riot police.
August 4 – The 1996 Summer Olympics conclude.
August 6 – NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms.
August 7 – Heavy rains kill more than 80 campers near Huesca, Spain.
August 9 – Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia.
August 13 – Data sent back by the Galileo space probe indicates there may be water on one of Jupiter's moons.
August 14 – A rocket ignited during a fireworks display in Arequipa, Peru knocks down a high-tension power cable into a dense crowd, electrocuting 35 people.
August 15 – Bob Dole is nominated for President of the United States, and Jack Kemp for Vice President, at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.
August 16 – Brookfield Zoo, Chicago. After a 3-year-old boy falls into the 20-foot (6.1 m) deep gorilla enclosure, Binti Jua, a female lowland gorilla sits with the injured boy until his rescue.
August 21
- Former State President of South Africa, F. W. de Klerk, makes an official apology for crimes committed under Apartheid to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Cape Town.
- In the UK, Queen Elizabeth II issues letters patent on divorced former wives of British princes, taking away from the ex-wives the attribute and style of Royal Highness. With that Sarah, Duchess of York as well as Diana, Princess of Wales legally cease to be Royals, but they remain as non-royal Duchess and Princess.
August 23 – Osama bin Laden writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," a call for the removal of American military forces from Saudi Arabia.
August 28 – Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of Justice in London. Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled Diana, Princess of Wales, due to the Queen's letters patent issued a week earlier.
August 29
- U.S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are re-nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- A Russian Tupolev 154 jetliner crashes into a mountain as it approaches the airport at Spitsbergen, Norway, killing all 141 people on board.
August 31 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi forces launch an offensive into the northern No-Fly Zone and capture Arbil.

September

September 2 – A permanent peace agreement is signed at the Malacañan Palace between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front.
September 3 – The United States launches Operation Desert Strike against Iraq in reaction to the attack on Arbil.
September 4 – The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.
September 5 – Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph (185 km/h) sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damages ($5.83 billion in present-day terms^[3]) and killed 27 people, mainly in North Carolina. The name "Fran" was retired due to the extensive damage.
September 10 – Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) signed (it will be ratified 180 days after ratification by 44 Annex 2 countries).
September 13 – Alija Izetbegović is elected President of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the country's first election since the Bosnian War.
September 18 – A North Korean Sang-O class submarine runs aground in South Korea. The crew are described as spies by the South Korean government and killed by the South Korean military.
September 20 – Leader of Pakistani opposition party Pakistan Peoples Party Murtaza Bhutto is killed during a gunfight with police.
September 22 – The Panhellenic Socialist Movement under the leadership of Costas Simitis succeeds in the 1996 Greek legislative election.
September 24 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
September 27 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

October

October 2
- The former Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Andrey Lukanov, is assassinated.
- Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 people on board.
October 6 – The government of New Zealand agrees to pay $130 million worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Māori population between the years of 1844 and 1864.
October 22 – A fire at La Planta prison in southwest Caracas, Venezuela, kills thirty prisoners.
October 30 – Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees.
October 31 – TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into a densely populated area of São Paulo, killing all 96 people on board.

November

November – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspectors uncover buried prohibited missile parts. Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM teams to remove remnants of missile engines for analysis outside of the country.
November 5
- Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government is dismissed by President Farooq Leghari after widespread allegations of corruption.
- United States presidential election, 1996: Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton defeats his Republican challenger, Bob Dole.
November 7
- A category 4 cyclone strikes Andhra Pradesh, India, killing more than 2,000 people.
- NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
November 8 – All 141 people on board a Nigerian-owned Boeing 727 die when the aircraft crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while approaching Lagos airport.
November 12 – Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 collides in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Il-76 in New Delhi, India, resulting in the loss of 349 lives.
November 17
- A bomb exploded in Kaspiysk, Russia, killing 32 people.
- Emil Constantinescu is elected as President of Romania.
November 18 – Frederick Chiluba is re-elected as President of Zambia.
November 19
- Martin Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 1,035 years without parole for murdering 35 people in a shooting spree in Tasmania earlier this year.
- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Organization (CTBTO) established.
- STS-80: Space Shuttle Columbia conducts the longest mission of the Space Shuttle program.
November 20 – The 1996 Garley Building fire occurred in Hong Kong, resulting in 41 deaths and 81 injuries.
November 21 – A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33 people.
November 23
- The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization as Angola.
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
- Tamagotchi is released in Japan by Bandai.
November 25 – An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26 directly and hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida with winds gusts up to 90 mph.

December

December 9 – Jerry Rawlings is re-elected as President of Ghana.
December 11 – Tung Chee-hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997 at the end a 99-year lease to the United Kingdom.
December 13 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
December 17 – The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes 72 hostages in the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.
December 26
- The largest strike in South Korean history begins.
- Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
December 27 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Air Base, solidifying their buffer zone around Kabul.
December 29 – Guatemala and the leaders of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord that ends the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War.
December 30 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.

Undated

Economy of Venezuela: Inflation in the country peaks at 99.87%.

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

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Caitlin Sanchez

January 1
- Andreas Pereira, Brazilian footballer
- Mahmoud Dahoud, German footballer
January 2
- Dior Hall, American hurdler
- Xiaoyu Yu, Chinese figure skater
January 5
- Tyler Ulis, American basketball player
- Maxim Baldry, English actor
January 6
- Courtney Eaton, Australian actress
- Harmanpreet Singh, Indian hockey player
- Kishan Shrikanth, Indian actor and director
January 7
- Fu Yuanhui, Chinese swimmer
- Helly Shah, Indian actress
- Isaac Success, Nigerian footballer
January 9 – Oana Gregory, Romanian American actress
January 10 – Anna Sztankovics, Hungarian swimmer
January 11 – Leroy Sané, German footballer
January 12 – Ella Henderson, English singer
January 13
- Kamil Majchrzak, Polish tennis player
- Aníta Hinriksdóttir, Icelandic middle-distance runner
January 15 – Dove Cameron, American actress
January 16 – Anastasia Grishina, Russian artistic gymnast
January 17
- Nile Wilson, British artistic gymnast
- Caitlin Sanchez, American actress
January 18 – Sarah Gilman, American actress
January 21 – Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
January 22
- Sami Gayle, American actress
- Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player
January 23
- Chachi Gonzales, American dancer
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek, English footballer
January 24 – Patrik Schick, Czech footballer
January 26 – Zakaria Bakkali, Belgian footballer

February

February 1
- Dionne Bromfield, English singer-songwriter and television personality
- Gianluigi Quinzi, Italian tennis player
February 2 – Harry Winks, English footballer
February 5 – Zeng Siqi, Chinese artistic gymnast
February 7
- Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer
- Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player
- Pierre Gasly, French racing driver
February 8 – Kenedy, Brazilian footballer
February 9
- Jimmy Bennett, American actor
- Kelli Berglund, American actress
February 11 – Jonathan Tah, German footballer
February 14
- Lucas Hernández, French footballer
- Viktor Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
February 17
- Erika Fasana, Italian artistic gymnast
- Sasha Pieterse, South African-born American actress
February 18 – Ikumi Hisamatsu, Japanese fashion model and actress
February 21 – Sophie Turner, English actress
February 23 – D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
February 24 – Cristian Imparato, Italian singer
February 25 – Emel Dereli, Turkish shot putter
February 28 – Danilo Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

March

March 1
- Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer
- Sage Northcutt, American mixed martial artist
March 4
- Timo Baumgartl, German footballer
- Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
March 6
- Timo Werner, German footballer
- Yan Han, Chinese figure skater
March 8
- Emil Imre, Hungarian short track speed skater
- Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
March 9 – Giorgio Minisini, Italian synchronized swimmer
March 14 – Janai Haupapa, Canadian rugby league player
March 15 – Levin Öztunalı, German footballer
March 16 – Anna Ovcharova, Russian/Swiss figure skater
March 18 – Madeline Carroll, American actress
March 19 – Feodosiy Efremenkov, Russian figure skater
March 22 – Gig Morton, Canadian actor
March 23 – Lauri Kivari, Finnish freestyle skier
March 24
- Valentino Lazaro, Austrian footballer
- Myles Turner, American basketball player
March 26 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipina actress
March 27 – Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Italian-American actress
March 28 – Xie Siyi, Chinese diver
March 29 – Wade Baldwin IV, American basketball player

April

April 2
- Polina Agafonova, Russian figure skater
- Matheus Santana, Brazilian swimmer
April 3 – Sarah Jeffery, American actress
April 4 – Austin Mahone, American singer
April 8 – Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress
April 9 – Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian footballer
April 10
- Audrey Whitby, American teen actress
- Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player
- Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer
- Andreas Christensen, Danish footballer
April 11
- Dele Alli, English footballer
- Jake Browning, American football player
April 12
- Polina Korobeynikova, Russian figure skater
- Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player
April 14 – Abigail Breslin, American actress
April 16 – Anya Taylor-Joy, American actress
April 21 – Tavi Gevinson, American fashion blogger
April 22 – Wendy Sulca, Peruvian singer
April 23
- Charlie Rowe, British actor
- Álex Márquez, Spanish motorcycle racer
April 24
- Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
- D'Onta Foreman, American football player
April 25 – Mack Horton, Australian swimmer
April 29
- Katherine Langford, Australian actress
- Gustav Engvall, Swedish footballer

May

May 1 – Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist
May 2 – Julian Brandt, German footballer
May 3
- Mary Cain, American middle-distance runner
- Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer
- Noah Munck, American actor
- Arden Key, American football player
May 4
- Arielle Gold, American snowboarder
- Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist.
May 5
- Britney Simpson, American figure skater
- Matheus Pereira, Brazilian footballer
May 6 – 6ix9ine, American rapper
May 10 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player
May 11 – Adrián Cubas, Argentinian footballer
May 14
- Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ and producer
- McKaley Miller, American actress
May 15 – Birdy, English singer and songwriter
May 17 – Ryan Ochoa, American actor
May 18 – Violett Beane, American actress
May 19 – Lakshmi Menon, Indian film actress
May 18 – Yuki Kadono, Japanese snowboarder
May 23 – Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
May 26 – Tyler Hilinski, American football player (d. 2018)
May 30
- Kendall Sheffield, American football player
- Aleksandr Golovin, Russian footballer

June

June 1 – Tom Holland, British actor
June 3 – Han Tianyu, Chinese short track speed skater
June 4 – Ruby Harrold, British artistic gymnast
June 7 – Christian McCaffrey, American football player
June 11 – Hakeeb Adelakun, English footballer
June 12
- Anna Margaret Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress
- Davinson Sánchez, Colombian footballer
June 13
- Kingsley Coman, French footballer
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor
June 15 – Aurora, Norwegian singer
June 16 – Lily Zhang, American table tennis player
June 17 – Godfred Donsah, Ghanese footballer
June 18 – Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
June 19 – Larisa Iordache, Romanian artistic gymnast
June 20
- Sam Bennett, Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Dal Colle, Canadian ice hockey player
June 22
- Kong Sangjeong, South Korean short track speed skater
- Yusupha Bobb, Gambian footballer
- Mikel Merino, Spanish footballer
June 28
- Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player
- Milot Rashica, Kosovar footballer
June 29 – Bart Ramselaar, Dutch footballer

July

July 1 – Adelina Sotnikova, Russian figure skater
July 3
- Kumaahran Sathasivam, Malaysian footballer
- Kendji Girac, French singer
July 5 – Risa Shoji, Japanese figure skater
July 6 – Robert Naylor, Canadian actor
July 8 – Marlon Humphrey, American football player
July 9 – Shanice Williams, American actress and singer
July 10 – Moon Ga-young, South Korean actress
July 11
- Alessia Cara, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Andrija Živković, Serbian footballer
July 12 – Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
July 16
- Daniel Pearson, English actor and presenter
- Nicky Jones, American voice actor
July 18
- Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov, Russian footballer
- Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer
- Yung Lean, Swedish rapper and record producer
July 20 – Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
July 21 – Joey Bragg, American actor
July 22
- Skyler Gisondo, American actor
- Jane Oineza, Filipina actress
July 23
- Danielle Bradbery, American singer
- Rachel G. Fox, American actress
July 24 – Joe Mixon, American football player
July 27 – Trenton Thompson, American football player
July 31 – Blake Michael, American actor

August

August 1 – Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
August 2 – Simone Manuel, American swimmer
August 3 – Derwin James, American football player
August 5
- Francesca Deagostini, Italian artistic gymnast
- Mai Murakami, Japanese artistic gymnast
August 7
- Liam James, Canadian actor
- Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer
August 10 – Jacob Latimore, American singer, actor and dancer
August 12 – Torri Webster, Canadian actress
August 13 – Antonia Lottner, German tennis player
August 14
- Brianna Hildebrand, American actress
- Neal Maupay, French footballer
August 19 – Laura Tesoro, Belgian singer and actress
August 21 – Jamia Simone Nash, American actress and singer
August 22
- Michael Graue, American actor
- Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
August 24 – Kenzo Shirai, Japanese gymnast
August 25 – Naelee Rae, American actress and singer
August 27
- Ebru Topçu, Turkish footballer
- Wang Jianan, Chinese long jumper
August 30
- Chen Dequan, Chinese short track speed skater
- Gabriel Barbosa, Brazilian footballer

September

September 1 – Zendaya, American actress and singer
September 3 – Joy, South Korean singer
September 5 – Richairo Živković, Dutch footballer
September 9 – Jaïro Riedewald, Dutch footballer
September 12 – Colin Ford, American actor
September 13
- Playboi Carti, American rapper
- Lili Reinhart, American actress
September 16 – Alexis Blin, French footballer
September 17
- Ella Purnell, English actress
- Esteban Ocon, French racing driver
September 19 – Pia Mia, Guamanian singer-songwriter and model
September 20 – Jerome Sinclair, English footballer
September 23
- Lee Hi, Korean singer
- Evgeny Rylov, Russian swimmer
September 25
- Max Christiansen, German footballer
- Mie Nielsen, Danish swimmer
September 27 – Maxwel Cornet, French footballer

October

October 3 – Kelechi Iheanacho, Nigerian footballer
October 4 – Ryan Lee, American actor
October 8 – Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
October 9 – Bella Hadid, American model
October 10 – Oscar Zia, Swedish singer
October 12 – Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
October 15
- Zelo, Korean singer
- Charly Musonda, Belgian footballer
October 22 – Harley Windsor, Australian pair skater
October 24
- Kyla Ross, American gymnast
- Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
October 27 – Nadiem Amiri, German footballer
October 28
- Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
- Lee June-hyoung, South Korean figure skater
- Vincent Koziello, French footballer
- Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
October 30
- Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer
- Devin Booker, American basketball player

November

November 4
- Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer
- Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater
November 7
- Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
- André Horta, Portuguese footballer
November 9 – Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên, Vietnamese swimmer
November 11
- Gianluca Gaudino, German footballer
- Adam Ounas, French footballer
- Tye Sheridan, American actor
November 15 – Malik Jefferson, American football player
November 14 – Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
November 16 – Brendan Murray, Irish singer
November 17 – Ruth Jebet, Bahraini long-distance runner
November 18
- Noah Ringer, American actor
- Christian Kirk, American football player
November 19 – Liliána Szilágyi, Hungarian swimmer
November 22
- Mackenzie Lintz, American actress
- Madison Davenport, American actress and singer
- Juju Smith-Schuster, American football player
- Hailey Baldwin, American model and socialite
November 23
- Lia Marie Johnson, American actress and Internet personality
- Anna Yanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
November 26 – Louane Emera, French singer and actress
November 27 – Andy Truong, Australian fashion designer
November 29 – Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer

December

December 4
- Daria Svatkovskaya, Russian artistic gymnast
- Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer
December 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress
December 8 – Teala Dunn, American actress
December 10 – Jérémy Gabriel, French Canadian singer
December 11
- Jack Griffo, American actor
- Eliza McCartney, New Zealand track and field athlete
- Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, model and singer
December 12 – Lucas Hedges, American actor
December 14 – Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater
December 17 – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
December 21
- Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
- Atanas Kolev, Bulgarian basketball player and rapper
December 28 – Alfred Kipketer, Kenyan middle-distance runner
December 29 – Dylan Minnette, American actor

Deaths

Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

January 1
- Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji, Indian yogi (b. 1890)
- Moshe Aryeh Freund, Israeli rabbi (b. 1894)
- Arleigh Burke, American naval officer (b. 1901)
- Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (b. 1906)
January 2 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1915)
January 5
- Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian shaheed (b. 1966)
- Lincoln Kirstein, American writer and impresario (b. 1907)
- Richard Versalle, American operatic tenor (b. 1932)
January 6 – Kim Kwang-seok, South Korean singer (b. 1964)
January 7
- Károly Grósz, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)
- Tarō Okamoto, Japanese artist (b. 1911)
January 8 – François Mitterrand, President of France (b. 1916)
January 11
- Harold Walter Bailey, English scholar (b. 1899)
- Eric Hebborn, British art forger (b. 1934)
January 15
- Les Baxter, American musician and composer (b. 1922)
- Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho (b. 1938)
January 17 – Barbara Jordan, American politician (b. 1936)
January 18
- Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (b. 1908)
- Endel Puusepp, Estonian pilot (b. 1909)
- Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian film actor (b. 1923)
- Rudolf Wanderone, American billiards player (b. 1913)
January 19
- A. G. Gaston, American businessman (b. 1892)
- Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927)
January 25 – Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (b. 1960)
January 26 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)
January 28
- Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born American Nobel poet (b. 1940)
- Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914)
January 31 – Gustave Solomon, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1930)

February

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Pat Brown

February 2
- Fred S. Keller, American psychologist (b. 1899)
- Gene Kelly, American actor and dancer (b. 1912)
February 3 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1922)
February 6 – Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922)
February 7 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1925)
February 9
- Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist (b. 1889)
- Adolf Galland, German general (b. 1912)
February 11
- Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
- Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
- Phil Regan, American actor (b. 1906)
- Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
February 12
- Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer (b. 1931)
- Ryōtarō Shiba, Japanese novelist (b. 1923)
February 13 – Martin Balsam, American actor (b. 1919)
February 14
- Eva Hart, British Titanic survivor (b. 1905)
- Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919)
- Mark Venturini, American actor (b. 1961)
February 15
- Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
- McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
February 16
- Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932)
- Pat Brown, American politician (b. 1905)
- Brownie McGhee, American musician (b. 1915)
February 17 – Evelyn Laye, British actress (b. 1900)
February 20
- Audrey Munson, American model and actress (b. 1891)
- Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930)
February 21 – Morton Gould, American musician and composer (b. 1913)
February 23 – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (b. 1915)
February 25 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian activist (b. 1940)
February 26 – Mieczysław Weinberg, Polish composer (b. 1919)
February 27
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (b. 1912)
- Pat Smythe, British showjumper and author (b. 1928)

March

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Lola Beltrán

March 2 – Lyle Talbot, American actor (b. 1902)
March 3 – Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
March 4 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
March 5
- Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh (b. 1918)
- Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
March 6 – Simon Cadell, English actor (b. 1950)
March 9 – George Burns, American comedian (b. 1896)
March 10
- Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1926)
- Butch Laswell, American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1958)
March 11 – Vince Edwards, American actor (b. 1928)
March 12 – Gyula Kállai, 48th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1910)
March 13 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
March 14
- Dewi Bebb, Welsh rugby union player (b. 1938)
- Sophie Sooäär, Estonian actress and singer (b. 1914)
March 15 – Olga Rudge, American violinist (b. 1895)
March 17
- René Clément, French film director (b. 1913)
- Elsa Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1894)
March 18 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer (b. 1911)
March 19
- Virginia Henderson, American nurse and theorist (b. 1897)
- Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician (b. 1933)
March 25 – Lola Beltrán, Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter (b. 1932)
March 25 – John Snagge, British radio personality (b. 1904)
March 26
- Edmund Muskie, American politician (b. 1914)
- David Packard, American engineer (b. 1912)
March 29 – Frank Daniel, Czech writer, director and producer (b. 1926)
March 31 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (b. 1958)

April

April 3
- Herk Harvey, American film director (b. 1924)
- Carl Stokes, American politician (b. 1927)
April 4 – Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
April 6
- John D. Bulkeley, American naval officer (b. 1911)
- Greer Garson, British-American actress (b. 1904)
April 7 – Colleen Clifford, Australian actress (b. 1898)
April 8
- Donald Adams, British actor and opera singer (b. 1928)
- George W. Jenkins, American businessman (b. 1907)
April 12 – Fred Alexander, Australian historian (b. 1899)
April 16 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1917)
April 18 – Ronald Davies, American judge (b. 1904)
April 20 – Christopher Robin Milne, English author and bookseller (b. 1920)
April 21 – Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen politician and President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
April 22
- Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (b. 1927)
- Jug McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
April 23 – P. L. Travers, British actress, journalist, novelist and writer (b. 1899)
April 25 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer (b. 1920)
April 26
- Milt Gaston, American baseball player (b. 1896)
- Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
April 28 – T. H. Clark, Canadian geologist (b. 1893)

May

May 1 – David M. Kennedy, American politician, businessman (b. 1905)
May 2 – Queen Mother Moore, American civil rights leader (b. 1898)
May 3 – Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
May 11
- Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
- Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961)
May 15
- Charles B. Fulton, American judge (b. 1910)
- Virgil Ross, American animator (b. 1907)
May 17 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
May 19 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
May 20 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (b. 1919)
May 21
- Paul Delph, American musician and producer (b. 1957)
- Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917)
May 22 – Seymour H. Knox III, American businessman (b. 1926)
May 23 – Sim Iness, American Olympic athlete (b. 1930)
May 24
- Jacob Druckman, American composer (b. 1928)
- Joseph Mitchell, American writer (b. 1908)
- Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
May 25 – Bradley Nowell, American musician (b. 1968)
May 29 – Tamara Toumanova, Russian dancer and actress (b. 1919)
May 31 – Timothy Leary, American writer and social activist (b. 1920)

June

June 1 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
June 2
- John Alton, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
- Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian (b. 1956)
- Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921)
- Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (b. 1928)
June 3 – Peter Glenville, English film director (b. 1913)
June 6
- Merle Curti, American historian (b. 1897)
- Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese Olympic swimmer (b. 1917)
- George Davis Snell, American Nobel geneticist (b. 1903)
June 9 – Salme Reek, Estonian actress (b. 1907)
June 10
- Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
- Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian painter (b. 1906)
June 11 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
June 12 – Mary Field, American film actress (b. 1909)
June 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (b. 1917)
June 16 – Mel Allen, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
June 19
- Vivian Ellis, English composer (b. 1903)
- Hillevi Rombin, Swedish actress and beauty queen (b. 1933)
- G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
- Edvin Wide, Swedish middle- and long-distance runner (b. 1896)
June 23
- Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer (b. 1921)
- Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
June 26 – Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958)
June 27 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)
June 28 – Kwan Tak-hing, Hong Kong actor (b. 1905)

July

July 1
- William T. Cahill, American politician (b. 1912)
- Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (b. 1954)
July 3 – Raaj Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1926)
July 5 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish Salvation Army general (b. 1904)
July 9
- Eno Raud, Estonian writer (b. 1928)
- Sergey Kuryokhin, Russian pianist, composer, improvisor, performance artist and actor (b. 1954)
July 12
- John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)
- Jonathan Melvoin, American musician (b. 1961)
July 13 – Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
July 14 – Jeff Krosnoff, American race car driver (b. 1964)
July 15 – Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964)
July 16 – John Panozzo, American drummer (b. 1948)
July 17
- Paul Touvier, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1915)
- Victims of TWA Flight 800
  - Michel Breistroff, NHL ice hockey player (b. 1971)
  - Marcel Dadi, French guitarist (b. 1951)
  - David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949)
  - Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)
July 20
- Stuart Clarence Graham, Australian army general (b. 1920)
- František Plánička, Czech footballer (b. 1904)
July 21
- Herb Edelman, American actor (b. 1933)
- Luana Anders, American actress (b. 1938)
July 22 – Jessica Mitford, British-American author, journalist and political campaigner (b. 1917)
July 23 – Jean Muir, American actress (b. 1911)
July 28 – Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist and artist (b. 1908)
July 30 – Claudette Colbert, French-born American Academy Award-winning actress (b. 1903)