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February 16, 1996

On February 16, 1996, a Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people. 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 February 16, 1996

  1. 1996 A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.

    American intercity passenger rail operator

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. S. state except for Wyoming and South Dakota as well as in three Canadian provinces.

Farewells

Died on February 16, 1996

Roberto Aizenberg Argentine painter and sculptor
Roger Bowen American actor and novelist (1932–1996)
Pat Brown Governor of California from 1959 to 1967
Brownie McGhee American folk-blues musician (1915–1996)

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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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