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François Mitterrand has died in Paris at the age of 79
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France..
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The Blizzard of 1996 was one of the most devastating winter storms, causing more than 150 deaths.
The first weeks of January 1996 were brutal in the Northeast, not only because of the blizzard but also from a subsequent warmup along with heavy rain that triggered major flooding.
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Toulouse won the 1996 Heineken Cup Final
The 1996 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1995–96 Heineken Cup, the inaugural season of Europe's top club rugby union competition.
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Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone.
Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash 6 March 1966 – 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
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