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April 21, 1996

On April 21, 1996, four people are killed and 75 are injured in a train accident in Jokela, Finland. 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 21, 1996

  1. 1996 Four people are killed and 75 are injured in a train accident in Jokela, Finland.

    Train accident in Tuusula, Finland, on 21 April 1996

    The Jokela rail accident occurred on 21 April 1996, at 07:08 local time in Tuusula, Finland, approximately 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of Helsinki. Four people were killed and 75 injured when express train P82 from Oulu, bound for Helsinki, derailed in heavy fog. The overnight sleeper train was carrying 139 passengers and five crew members.

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Born on April 21, 1996

Arianne Hartono 1996– Dutch tennis player (born 1996)

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Died on April 21, 1996

Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistani cricketer and politician
Jimmy Snyder American horse racing announcer & television sports announcer (1918–1996)

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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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