Editing 1996 (section)

===June===
* June &ndash; [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: As Iraq continues to refuse inspectors access to a number of sites, the United States fails in its attempt to build support for military action against Iraq in the UN Security Council.
* [[June 1]]–[[June 3|3]] &ndash; The Czech Republic's [[1996 Czech parliamentary election|first general election]] ends inconclusively. Prime Minister [[Václav Klaus]] and his incumbent [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] emerge as the winners, but are unable to form a majority government. President [[Václav Havel]] refuses to invite Klaus to form a coalition.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The space [[rocket]] [[Ariane 5]] explodes forty seconds in [[Ariane flight V88|its maiden flight]], after takeoff in [[French Guiana]]. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Leighton W. Smith, Jr.]] resigns as [[NATO]] commander in the face of increasing criticism.
* [[June 8]]&ndash;[[June 30|30]] &ndash; [[England]] hosts the [[UEFA Euro 1996]] football tournament, which is won by [[Germany national football team|Germany]].
* [[June 11]]
** An explosion in a [[São Paulo]] suburban shopping centre kills 44 people and injures more than 100.
** A peace convoy carrying [[Chechen people|Chechen]] separatist leaders and international diplomats is targeted by a series of remotely controlled land mines; eight people are killed.
* [[June 15]] &ndash; In [[Manchester]], UK, an [[1996 Manchester bombing|IRA bomb injures over 200 people]] and devastates a large part of the city centre.
* [[June 28]]
** A new government is formed in [[Turkey]], with [[Necmettin Erbakan]] of [[Refah Partisi]] becoming Prime Minister of the coalition government, and Deputy/Foreign Minister [[Tansu Çiller]] of the [[True Path Party]] succeeding him after two years.
** The [[Constitution of Ukraine]] is signed into law.
* [[June 29]]
** [[The Prince's Trust]] concert is held in [[Hyde Park, London]], and is attended by 150,000 people. [[The Who]] headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
** An explosion in a firecrackers factory in [[Sichuan Province]], China kills at least 52 people and injures 83 others.
* [[June 30]]
** [[Costas Simitis]] is elected president of the [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] of Greece.
** [[Bosnian Serb]] leader [[Radovan Karadžić]] relinquishes power to his deputy, [[Biljana Plavšić]].