Saturday, February 21, 2009

Scene 7 - September 1996

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September 2 - A permanent peace agreement is signed at the Malacañang Palace between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front.
September 3 - The U.S. 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 3 weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.
September 14 - Alija Izetbegovic is elected president of Bosnia-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 insurgents by the South Korean government and killed by the South Korean military.
September 19 - The scoreboard at Buffalo's $127.5 million dollar HSBC Arena falls to the ice just hours before a National Hockey League game; no one is injured.
September 20 - Leader of Pakistani opposition party Pakistan People's Party Murtaza Bhutto is killed during a gun battle 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 25 - The last of the Magdalen Asylums is closed in Ireland.
September 27 - In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city of Kabul, after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.

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