Changes: 1996

Month	Day	Event
Unknown
	Unknown	Yoko Suzuki is used for t-Virus research by Umbrella, by the use of unknown means. After escaping, she removes it from her memory.^{[citation needed]}
	Unknown	A man is killed and dumped by the Aimes River.^[1]
April		The Raccoon City Police Department establishes the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.), an elite unit meant to confront situations beyond regular law enforcement, such as riots, active shooters, terrorism, bank robbery, or hostage-taking.
August
	30th	The Raccoon City newspaper, "Daily Raccoon" publishes a story regarding the local prison.^[2]
September
	26th	Experimentation begins on the criminal "α". A metal rod is inserted into his brain.^[3]
	29th	Experiment α's eyes are removed.^[3]
October
	8th	Muscle booster is used on Experiment α.^[3]
	30th	Experiment α evolves a highly adapted sense of hearing.^[3]
	31st	Raccoon City newspaper, the "News Comet" publishes a story referring to a dead body.^{[citation needed]}
November
	4th	Experiment α escapes.^[3]
December
	Unknown	Joe Kendo is contracted to design a special handgun specifically for the S.T.A.R.S. unit.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

↑ Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (2004), file: "Comet News".
↑ Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 (2004), file: "Daily Raccoon".
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Resident Evil: Dead Aim (2002), file: "Experiment α Log".

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