February 29, 1996

1996Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player^[†]

Nelson Asofa-Solomona is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL) and New Zealand at international level.

1996Norberto Briasco, Argentine-Armenian footballer^[†]

Norberto Alejandro Briasco Balekian is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, on loan from Boca Juniors and the Armenia national team. Born in Argentina to an Armenian Argentine mother, he has represented Armenia internationally since 2018.

1996Reece Prescod, British sprinter^[†]

Reece Prescod is a British sprinter. He won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2018 European Championships and bronze for the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 World Championships.

1996Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player^[†]

Claudia Williams is a New Zealand tennis player.

1996Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1926)^[†]

František "Frank" Daniel was a Czech-American screenwriter, film director and teacher. He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting, in which a classically constructed movie can be broken down into three acts, and a total of eight specific sequences. He served as co-chair of the Columbia University film program, and as a dean of FAMU, the American Film Institute and the USC School of Cinema-Television. He was also an Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute.

1996Wes Farrell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)^[†]

Wesley Donald Farrell was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s.

1996Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.^[†]

Faucett Perú Flight 251 was a scheduled domestic flight from Lima to Tacna, with a stopover in Arequipa. On 29 February 1996, while completing the first leg, the Boeing 737-200 operating the route crashed on approach to Rodríguez Ballón International Airport. All 123 passengers and crew aboard the aircraft lost their lives in the accident. It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Peruvian soil.

1996The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.^[†]

The siege of Sarajevo was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by Serbian forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, the city was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska. Lasting from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996, it was three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad, more than a year longer than the siege of Leningrad, and was therefore the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.