Timeline September 1996

Events in September 1996 9

• 1911 – 1996 Bill Monroe Mandolinist, singer, bandleader American musician who created bluegrass with his Blue Grass Boys, named after his home state of Kentucky.
• 1914 – 1996 Max Manus Resistance Hero Legendary resistance fighter known for audacious ship sabotages in Oslo harbor.
• 1914 – 1996 Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996) American actress and singer, the sarong-clad star of the Road to... films with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.
• 1918 – 1996 Spiro Agnew (1918-1996) Died 17 September 1996, aged 77 Spiro Agnew served as the 39th Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon before resigning in 1973 amid a criminal investigation into bribery and tax evasion. He pleaded no contest to a single charge and left office in disgrace. He spent his later years as a businessman largely out of public life.
• 1971 – 1996 Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) Died 13 September 1996, aged 25 Tupac Shakur was an American rapper and actor whose albums, including "All Eyez on Me," made him one of the best-selling and most influential musicians in hip-hop history. He was shot in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, and died of his injuries six days later. His unsolved murder remains one of the most notorious cases in American music history.
• 1996 Bill Monroe dies Springfield, Tennessee Dies four days before his 85th birthday.
• 1996 Dorothy Lamour dies in Los Angeles Dorothy Lamour dies aged 81.
• 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Opens for Signature UN treaty seeks to ban all nuclear explosions worldwide The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was opened for signature at the United Nations, aiming to prohibit all nuclear weapon test explosions for both civilian and military purposes. It was adopted after India blocked consensus in the Conference on Disarmament, forcing a vote in the General Assembly. The treaty has never entered into force because several required states have not ratified it.
• 1996 Taliban Capture Kabul Militia seizes the Afghan capital and imposes strict Islamic rule Taliban forces captured Kabul, overthrowing the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former president Mohammad Najibullah. The group went on to establish an Islamic emirate governed by a strict interpretation of Sharia law across most of Afghanistan. Resistance continued in the north under the Northern Alliance.