Tupac Shakur died on 13 September 1996 in University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, aged 25. An American rapper and actor, Shakur was born in New York and moved to California as a teenager, where he became one of the best-known figures in hip-hop. His debut album 2Pacalypse Now in 1991 addressed poverty, police brutality and racial injustice, and later albums such as Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me brought him huge commercial success, with songs including Dear Mama and California Love. He also acted in films including Juice and Poetic Justice. In September 1996 he was shot in a drive-by in Las Vegas and died six days later. The crime remained unsolved for decades, until a suspect was charged in 2023.
Before and after
- 31 July 1996Creation of Windows NT 4.0
- 7 August 1996NASA announces possible Martian microfossils in a meteorite
- 9 August 1996Publication of A Game of Thrones
- 14 August 1996Construction of Johan Cruyff Arena
- 13 September 1996Death of Tupac Shakur
- 19 September 1996Founding of Arctic Council
- from 27 September 1996 to 17 December 2001Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- October 1996Sinosauropteryx, the first feathered dinosaur, is announced
- 14 October 1996Release of KDE
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