STS-76 (Atlantis 16) launched on this day at 08:13:04 UTC from Kennedy Space Centre, launch pad 39B. Cheryl Depew of Florida crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International and Capcom released the ground-breaking Resident Evil game for the PlayStation in the United State
STS-76 lasted over 9 days, travelled about 6,100,000 km (3,800,000 mi) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and then landed at 13:28:57 UTC on 31 March 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base, runway 22.
Capcom released the ground-breaking Resident Evil game for the PlayStation in the United States, effectively creating and defining the survival-horror video game genre.
Cheryl Depew of Florida crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International.