In context
- When
- Thursday, October 24 199630 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Anniversary
- 30th in 2026
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Kyla Ross
Who they were
Kyla Briana Ross Rittman is an American retired artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.
Why this date
Kyla Ross appears on our October 24 calendar for 1996 as a birth entry.
October 24 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1996Kyla Ross
- 2004Arsenal F.C.
- 2005Hurricane Wilma
- 2007Chang'e 1
- 2008Stock market crash
- 2014China National Space Administration
- 2015Lam Wing-kee
- 20152015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade attack
- 2016Islamic State – Khorasan Province
- 20162016 CAE Aviation Fairchild Merlin crash
- 2018Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
Also in 1996
- May 11ValuJet Flight 592After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-b…
- September 16Space Shuttle AtlantisSpace Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- September 5Hurricane FranHurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 bill…
- June 14ForeclosureAfter an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot…
- August 14Killing of Solomos SolomouGreek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remov…
- July 5Dolly (sheep)Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- November 5President of PakistanPakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.
- November 5Bill ClintonBill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
Sources
- Wikipedia article (text, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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“Kyla Ross”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/kyla-ross-1996-october-24, accessed October 26, 2026.
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Questions about this entry
When did Kyla Ross happen?
October 24 1996 — 30 years ago, on a Thursday.
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