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The popular children's TV series, Arthur, debuts on PBS Kids. October 7–November 5 — At least sixty-six people become sick and one baby dies as a result of drinking apple juice infected with E. coli. October 9 – Al Gore and Jack Kemp participate in the 1996 vice presidential debate in Florida.
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Weekend end date Film Total weekend gross Notes Ref; 1: January 7, 1996: 12 Monkeys: $13,842,990: 12 Monkeys broke Good Morning, Vietnam ' s record ($11.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in January.
1995-1996 — A budget crisis forces the federal government to shut down for several weeks. 1996 — TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard. 1996 — Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia. 1996 — Centennial Olympic Park bombing at Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills 1 and injures 111.
The "Scream" franchise includes some of the most famous modern slasher movies, but the first film, released in 1996, surprised audiences by deconstructing stereotypical horror tropes.
February 13 – 17: Winter Storm Uri becomes the costliest winter storm in North American history, costing $200 billion and 237 lives, and triggering the 2021 Texas power crisis. February 18: NASA's Mars 2020 mission (containing the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter drone) lands on Mars at Jezero Crater, after seven months of travel.
2021 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.
A graphical view of the Cosmic Calendar, featuring the months of the year, days of December, and the final minute. The Cosmic Calendar is a method to visualize the chronology of the universe, scaling its current age of 13.8 billion years to a single year in order to help intuit it for pedagogical purposes in science education or popular science.