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April 13, 1996

On April 13, 1996, two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon. The year's #1 song was "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los del Río. Sophia Hutchins, Andreas Christensen, Dele Alli would arrive in the same year.

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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.

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On April 13, 1996

  1. 1996 Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.

    1996 Israeli attack

    The Mansouri attack occurred on 13 April 1996, when an Israel Defence Forces helicopter attacked an ambulance in Mansouri, a village in Southern Lebanon, killing two women and four children.

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Born on April 13, 1996

Marko Grujić 1996– Serbian footballer (born 1996)

Farewells

Died on April 13, 1996

Leila Mackinlay English author and educator (born 1910)

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Others born in 1996

Sophia Hutchins 1996– American socialite
Andreas Christensen 1996– Danish footballer
Dele Alli 1996– English international footballer
Summer Walker 1996– American singer-songwriter
Jan Bednarek 1996– Polish footballer
Matteo Berrettini 1996– Italian tennis player

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