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1996
The Taliban hang ex-president Najibullah and his brother at Kabul's major traffic intersection
1996
Irish author Marina Carr's play
Portia Coughlin
is performed at the Abbey Theatre
1996
A fatal variant CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease) is first identified in Britain, linked to BSE but capable of infecting humans
1996
Bill Clinton wins re-election as US president, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
1996
Benazir Bhutto is dismissed from government in Pakistan for a second time, again on corruption charges
1996
The guerrilla groups in Guatemala sign a treaty which provides for them to become a recognized political party
1996
Tupac Amaru guerrillas take 460 guests hostage at the Japanese ambassador's Christmas party in Lima, Peru
1996
Dolly the Sheep is cloned in an epoch-making experiment at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh
Reflections on cloning
Wellcome Library, London
1997
James Cameron directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Wiinslet in the film
Titanic
, based on the 1912 disaster
1997
Deng Xiaoping dies and is succeeded by Jiang Zemin as China's leader
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