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Events in the year 1996 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President – Roman Herzog
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• Deutsche Telekom is privatized.
• 15–26 February – 46th Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996
• 11 April – Düsseldorf Airport fire
• 28 June – Osnabrück mortar attack
• 1 October – Jakub Fiszman is abducted.

Elections

• Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1996

Births

• 6 March – Timo Werner, footballer
• 2 May – Lisa Mayer, athlete
• 13 August – Antonia Lottner, tennis player
• 11 November – Gianluca Gaudino, footballer
• 21 November – Gina Lückenkemper, athlete

Deaths

• 1 January – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer (born 1906)
• 6 January – Kurt Schmücker, German politician (born 1919)
• 9 February – Adolf Galland, German general (born 1912)
• 23 February – Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (born 1915)
• 26 February – Georg Henneberg, German physician (born 1908)
• 4 March – Gerhard Schaffran, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church (born 1912)
• 15 March – Wolfgang Koeppen, German writer (born 1906)
• 28 March – Hans Blumenberg, philosopher and intellectual historian (born 1920)
• 3 May – Hermann Kesten, German author (born 1900)
• 11 June – Brigitte Helm, German actress (born 1906)
• 8 July – Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman (born 1905)
• 14 August – Camilla Horn, German actress (born 1903)
• 15 August – Albert Osswald, German politician (born 1919)
• 20 August – Rio Reiser, singer (born 1950)
• 19 September – Helmut Heißenbüttel, German writer (born 1921)
• 21 September
  • Franz Pfnür, German alpine skier (born 1908)
  • Claus Holm, German actor (born 1918)
• 13 October – Henri Nannen, German journalist (born 1913)
• 8 November – Johannes Frömming, German harness racing driver (born 1910)
• 29 December – Wolfgang Pietzsch, German chess grand master (born 1930)

See also

• 1996 in German television

References

1. "Exiled Scientist Arthur Rudolph Dies At Age 89". Washington Post. January 3, 1996.
2. Baker, David (1996), Adolf Galland: The Authorised Biography, London: Windrow & Green, p. 307, ISBN 978-1-85915-017-7
3. 1996 in Germany at National-Football-Teams.com
4. Thomas Jr., Robert Mcg. (June 14, 1996). "Brigitte Helm, 88, Cool Star Of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'". The New York Times. p. B17.

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