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Events on the year of 1996 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
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01 Jan 1996 Curacao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
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01 Jan 1996 Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.
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03 Jan 1996 The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale.
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04 Jan 1996 "Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances
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05 Jan 1996 Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
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05 Jan 1996 Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba
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06 Jan 1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
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07 Jan 1996 "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 performances
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07 Jan 1996 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
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08 Jan 1996 Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths
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08 Jan 1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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08 Jan 1996 An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 237 on the ground; the aircraft's crew of six survive the crash.
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09 Jan 1996 First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
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10 Jan 1996 Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins
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10 Jan 1996 Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
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11 Jan 1996 Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
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11 Jan 1996 Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
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12 Jan 1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
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14 Jan 1996 "Holiday" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 49 performances
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14 Jan 1996 "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 performances
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14 Jan 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
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14 Jan 1996 "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City NY after 97 performances
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14 Jan 1996 "Holiday" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City NY after 49 performances
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17 Jan 1996 The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
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18 Jan 1996 Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in New York
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18 Jan 1996 Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
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19 Jan 1996 The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
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19 Jan 1996 NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
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20 Jan 1996 46th NHL All-Star Game East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston
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20 Jan 1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
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20 Jan 1996 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
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20 Jan 1996 WPAT FM New York City NY radio station switches to English-Spanish format
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21 Jan 1996 53th Golden Globes Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta
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21 Jan 1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
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21 Jan 1996 US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo
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23 Jan 1996 Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
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24 Jan 1996 Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.
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26 Jan 1996 "Les Miserables, " opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
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27 Jan 1996 Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open
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27 Jan 1996 Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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27 Jan 1996 In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
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27 Jan 1996 15 day old siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies
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27 Jan 1996 70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61)
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27 Jan 1996 Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop
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27 Jan 1996 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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27 Jan 1996 Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day
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27 Jan 1996 Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs Jamaica at Kingston
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28 Jan 1996 "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 performances
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28 Jan 1996 Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Super Bowl MVP
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28 Jan 1996 "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY after 118 performances
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28 Jan 1996 84th Australian Men's Tennis Boris Becker beats Michael Chang (62 64 26 62)
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28 Jan 1996 Super Bowl XXX Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe; Super Bowl MVP Larry Brown, Dallas, Defensive Back
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29 Jan 1996 La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.
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29 Jan 1996 President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
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29 Jan 1996 23rd American Music Award Garth Brooks wins
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29 Jan 1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
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29 Jan 1996 Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
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31 Jan 1996 Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
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31 Jan 1996 An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.
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01 Feb 1996 The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
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02 Feb 1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
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04 Feb 1996 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13
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04 Feb 1996 Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ties all-time record low temperature at −26 °F (−32.2 °C)
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06 Feb 1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
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06 Feb 1996 Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and all 189 people inside the airplane are killed. This is the worst accident/incident involving a Boeing 757.
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06 Feb 1996 Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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08 Feb 1996 The massive Internet collaboration 24 Hours in Cyberspace takes place.
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08 Feb 1996 The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
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09 Feb 1996 WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
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09 Feb 1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
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10 Feb 1996 The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
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10 Feb 1996 IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov
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11 Feb 1996 46th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
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13 Feb 1996 Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"
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13 Feb 1996 Rock musical "Rent, " by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
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15 Feb 1996 At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
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16 Feb 1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi
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17 Feb 1996 NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
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17 Feb 1996 In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
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17 Feb 1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands vs New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
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18 Feb 1996 Daytona 500 race
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18 Feb 1996 Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
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19 Feb 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM
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21 Feb 1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
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22 Feb 1996 "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 29 performances
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22 Feb 1996 Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice
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22 Feb 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit
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23 Feb 1996 Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs. Kenya, 207 w / brother Steve
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23 Feb 1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands
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24 Feb 1996 Cuba downs 2 US planes
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24 Feb 1996 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
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25 Feb 1996 "Father" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 52 performances
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25 Feb 1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs. Leeward Islands
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27 Feb 1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India
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28 Feb 1996 38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins
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29 Feb 1996 Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.
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29 Feb 1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
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29 Feb 1996 Soyuz TM-23, lands
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01 Mar 1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
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01 Mar 1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced
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01 Mar 1996 Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington and Shap England
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02 Mar 1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
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03 Mar 1996 26th Easter Seal Telethon
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03 Mar 1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
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04 Mar 1996 A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
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05 Mar 1996 Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame
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06 Mar 1996 10th American Comedy Award
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06 Mar 1996 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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07 Mar 1996 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)
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07 Mar 1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
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09 Mar 1996 Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) vs. England in WC QF
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09 Mar 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands
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10 Mar 1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
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10 Mar 1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win
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11 Mar 1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs Australia, World Cup
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11 Mar 1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 vs New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup
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12 Mar 1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy
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13 Mar 1996 Dunblane school massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 primary school children and one teacher are shot dead by spree killer Thomas Watt Hamilton who then commits suicide.
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13 Mar 1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
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13 Mar 1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher & himself
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14 Mar 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
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14 Mar 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter)
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16 Mar 1996 Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round
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17 Mar 1996 "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 29 performances
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17 Mar 1996 "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 17 performances
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17 Mar 1996 Aravinda De Silva gets 107 & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
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17 Mar 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
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17 Mar 1996 Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
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17 Mar 1996 Montr
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17 Mar 1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
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18 Mar 1996 A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
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18 Mar 1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
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19 Mar 1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage
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20 Mar 1996 "Love Thy Neighbor, " opens at Booth Theater, New York City
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20 Mar 1996 UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
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20 Mar 1996 "Love Thy Neighbor" opens at Booth Theater NYC
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20 Mar 1996 Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents
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20 Mar 1996 UK admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka Mad Cow Disease)
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21 Mar 1996 "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
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22 Mar 1996 Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International
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22 Mar 1996 STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit
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23 Mar 1996 Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
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24 Mar 1996 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins
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24 Mar 1996 Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual
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24 Mar 1996 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
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24 Mar 1996 MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
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25 Mar 1996 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart, " Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win
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25 Mar 1996 Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS)
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25 Mar 1996 The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
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25 Mar 1996 An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.
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25 Mar 1996 Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
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25 Mar 1996 Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes
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25 Mar 1996 US issues newly-redesigned $100 bill
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25 Mar 1996 World Ice Dance Championship in Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (Russia)
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25 Mar 1996 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Eltsova & Bushkov (Russia)
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25 Mar 1996 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA)
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25 Mar 1996 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA)
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26 Mar 1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland vs Victoria)
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27 Mar 1996 "State Fair, " opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 118 performances
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28 Mar 1996 "Seven Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
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28 Mar 1996 Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America
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29 Mar 1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men win
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29 Mar 1996 Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
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29 Mar 1996 New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
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30 Mar 1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain
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30 Mar 1996 New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
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30 Mar 1996 Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie Rhys-Jones visited Greystoke Castle
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31 Mar 1996 "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 performances
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31 Mar 1996 "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 performances
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31 Mar 1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle
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31 Mar 1996 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
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31 Mar 1996 Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
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31 Mar 1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
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31 Mar 1996 Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
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31 Mar 1996 Wrestlemania XII: Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
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01 Apr 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn)
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02 Apr 1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
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02 Apr 1996 Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
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03 Apr 1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs. W A to win Sheffield Shield
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03 Apr 1996 St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
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03 Apr 1996 A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
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03 Apr 1996 Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his cabin in Montana, United States.
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04 Apr 1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
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04 Apr 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
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04 Apr 1996 Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
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05 Apr 1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
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05 Apr 1996 Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King
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06 Apr 1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
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07 Apr 1996 8th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
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07 Apr 1996 Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls vs. Pak, Singapore
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07 Apr 1996 Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic
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07 Apr 1996 Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore
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08 Apr 1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
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11 Apr 1996 "King & I, " premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 performances
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11 Apr 1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
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13 Apr 1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
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13 Apr 1996 Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff
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14 Apr 1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance
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14 Apr 1996 60th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276
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14 Apr 1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
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15 Apr 1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance
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15 Apr 1996 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9
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15 Apr 1996 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6
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18 Apr 1996 "Funny Thing Happened, " opens at St. James Theater NYC for 715 performances
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18 Apr 1996 In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
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18 Apr 1996 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
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19 Apr 1996 Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
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19 Apr 1996 South Africa defeats Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
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20 Apr 1996 Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
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21 Apr 1996 "Delicate Balance, " opens at Plymouth Theater, New York City
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21 Apr 1996 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country District to win Logan Cup
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21 Apr 1996 Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
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21 Apr 1996 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Hale Irwin
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21 Apr 1996 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
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21 Apr 1996 Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
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21 Apr 1996 Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance", opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
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23 Apr 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
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23 Apr 1996 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-takes in $34.5 million
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24 Apr 1996 "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 performances
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24 Apr 1996 In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
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24 Apr 1996 31st Academy of Country Music Awards Shania Twain wins
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24 Apr 1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
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25 Apr 1996 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, " opens at Ambassador Theater, New York City
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25 Apr 1996 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk", opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
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26 Apr 1996 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wickets in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H
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26 Apr 1996 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
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27 Apr 1996 The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
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27 Apr 1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont
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28 Apr 1996 "Big, " opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
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28 Apr 1996 Port Arthur massacre (Australia): Gunman Martin Bryant opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
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28 Apr 1996 Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
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28 Apr 1996 Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
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28 Apr 1996 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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29 Apr 1996 "Rent, " opens at Nederlander Theater, New York City
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29 Apr 1996 "Rent", opens at Nederlander Theater NYC
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29 Apr 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM
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30 Apr 1996 "Buried Child, " opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 77 performances
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30 Apr 1996 Dutch / Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral
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30 Apr 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM
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01 May 1996 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
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01 May 1996 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game
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03 May 1996 Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks vs. Glam
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04 May 1996 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01
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04 May 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel
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04 May 1996 Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917
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05 May 1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
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05 May 1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship
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05 May 1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe
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06 May 1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
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06 May 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
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06 May 1996 The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
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07 May 1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
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08 May 1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
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10 May 1996 "Twister" premieres
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10 May 1996 "Twister" premieres
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10 May 1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
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11 May 1996 The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.
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11 May 1996 After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.
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11 May 1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
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11 May 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
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12 May 1996 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
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12 May 1996 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
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12 May 1996 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
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12 May 1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
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13 May 1996 Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
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13 May 1996 OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
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14 May 1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0
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16 May 1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 homeruns in 1 inning
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17 May 1996 Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe
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17 May 1996 Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wicket, Leicestershire vs Worcestershire
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18 May 1996 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2
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18 May 1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner
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19 May 1996 STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
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20 May 1996 Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
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21 May 1996 Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York
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21 May 1996 The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
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21 May 1996 The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas, kidnapped during the Algerian Civil War and held for two months, are found dead.
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21 May 1996 Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 homeruns
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21 May 1996 Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win
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22 May 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again, " opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 29 performances
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22 May 1996 Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time
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23 May 1996 Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
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24 May 1996 "Spy Hard, " starring Leslie Nielsen is released
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25 May 1996 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American
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26 May 1996 Indianapolis 500 race
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26 May 1996 "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 performances
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26 May 1996 Indianapolis 500 race; Buddy Lazier wins with an average speed of 147.956 mph
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26 May 1996 Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
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26 May 1996 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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27 May 1996 First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
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28 May 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
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29 May 1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands
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30 May 1996 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture
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30 May 1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension
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30 May 1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
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31 May 1996 Mark Van Thillo & Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures
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01 Jun 1996 MTV Movie Awards
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01 Jun 1996 Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square
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02 Jun 1996 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win
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04 Jun 1996 The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
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05 Jun 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis TN on WMFS 92.9 FM
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07 Jun 1996 Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children"
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08 Jun 1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108)
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08 Jun 1996 Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire
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08 Jun 1996 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex
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08 Jun 1996 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper
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09 Jun 1996 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76)
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09 Jun 1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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10 Jun 1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
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10 Jun 1996 Colo Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods
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10 Jun 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo OH on WBUZ 106.5 FM
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10 Jun 1996 Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip
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10 Jun 1996 Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games
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10 Jun 1996 Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
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11 Jun 1996 Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US Senate to run for President
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12 Jun 1996 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet
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12 Jun 1996 Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women and Asians
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12 Jun 1996 In Philadelphia, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet.
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13 Jun 1996 Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days
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13 Jun 1996 The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
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14 Jun 1996 "Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released
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14 Jun 1996 Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians
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15 Jun 1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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16 Jun 1996 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade)
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16 Jun 1996 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2
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16 Jun 1996 96th US Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills Country Club
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16 Jun 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
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17 Jun 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM
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18 Jun 1996 Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
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20 Jun 1996 Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), launches into space
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22 Jun 1996 Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title
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23 Jun 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 29 performances
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23 Jun 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
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23 Jun 1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan
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28 Jun 1996 "Nutty Professor, " starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
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30 Jun 1996 "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater NYC after 77 performances
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30 Jun 1996 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 308 performances
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30 Jun 1996 "State Fair, " closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 118 performances
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30 Jun 1996 Caroline Frolic (Miss Ontario), crowned Miss Renaissance USA
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30 Jun 1996 Dottie Pepper wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
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01 Jul 1996 Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind
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01 Jul 1996 NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes
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01 Jul 1996 Placido Domingo becomes Art Director of Washington Opera
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01 Jul 1996 WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City
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03 Jul 1996 Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.
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04 Jul 1996 Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins
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05 Jul 1996 Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
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06 Jul 1996 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75)
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06 Jul 1996 Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24
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07 Jul 1996 110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63)
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07 Jul 1996 17th US Seniors Golf Open: Dave Stockton
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07 Jul 1996 Joan Pitcock wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic
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07 Jul 1996 Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), lands
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09 Jul 1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
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09 Jul 1996 All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)
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09 Jul 1996 US Senate approves 90 cent raise to $4.25 minimum wage
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12 Jul 1996 Kirby Puckett, retires from Minn Twins
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12 Jul 1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million
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13 Jul 1996 Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)
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14 Jul 1996 "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers NYC after 548 performances
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14 Jul 1996 "Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 32 performances
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14 Jul 1996 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd
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14 Jul 1996 Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
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14 Jul 1996 New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves
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14 Jul 1996 New York Yanks sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time
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15 Jul 1996 After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd
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15 Jul 1996 MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
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15 Jul 1996 Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers
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15 Jul 1996 Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake
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15 Jul 1996 A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
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17 Jul 1996 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City
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17 Jul 1996 Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves
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17 Jul 1996 TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
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17 Jul 1996 The Community of Portuguese Language Countries is founded.
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18 Jul 1996 Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever: the Saguenay Flood.
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18 Jul 1996 Battle of Mullaitivu: the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 soldiers.
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19 Jul 1996 Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final
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19 Jul 1996 Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 minutes for Lancashire vs. Derbyshire
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20 Jul 1996 26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia
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21 Jul 1996 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham
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21 Jul 1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with New York Rangers
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25 Jul 1996 Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs United States
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25 Jul 1996 In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
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27 Jul 1996 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
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28 Jul 1996 New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
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28 Jul 1996 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic
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29 Jul 1996 The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
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30 Jul 1996 Tommy Lasoda retires as LA Dodger manager
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04 Aug 1996 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies
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04 Aug 1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
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04 Aug 1996 J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, and N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame
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05 Aug 1996 Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico
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06 Aug 1996 NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars (ALH84001)
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06 Aug 1996 NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
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10 Aug 1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate
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10 Aug 1996 Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
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10 Aug 1996 Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex
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10 Aug 1996 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
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11 Aug 1996 "Thousand Clowns, " closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 32 performs
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11 Aug 1996 78th PGA Championship: Mark Brooks shoots a 277 at Vallhalla Golf Club - Kentucky
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12 Aug 1996 "Breakfast on Fox" premieres
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13 Aug 1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
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14 Aug 1996 Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
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17 Aug 1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
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21 Aug 1996 "Hughie, " opens at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
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21 Aug 1996 Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA
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21 Aug 1996 Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
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25 Aug 1996 96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
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25 Aug 1996 Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
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28 Aug 1996 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex
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28 Aug 1996 Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
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29 Aug 1996 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
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31 Aug 1996 Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
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01 Sep 1996 Baltimore Ravens (Cleveland Browns) 1st NFL game, beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14
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02 Sep 1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
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02 Sep 1996 Soyuz TM-24, lands
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04 Sep 1996 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins
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04 Sep 1996 War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
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05 Sep 1996 "Summer & Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
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05 Sep 1996 MTV Video Music Awards
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05 Sep 1996 Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
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08 Sep 1996 "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
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08 Sep 1996 110th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64)
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08 Sep 1996 116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76)
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08 Sep 1996 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz and Kathy Baker wins
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08 Sep 1996 Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title
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08 Sep 1996 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
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08 Sep 1996 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
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13 Sep 1996 Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics vs. Durham
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14 Sep 1996 New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
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14 Sep 1996 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
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15 Sep 1996 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
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15 Sep 1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
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16 Sep 1996 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto
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16 Sep 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM
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16 Sep 1996 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
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16 Sep 1996 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space
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17 Sep 1996 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colo Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field
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18 Sep 1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts
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19 Sep 1996 "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater, New York City
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21 Sep 1996 Christie Brinkey gets married for 4th time, she marries Peter Cook
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21 Sep 1996 John F Kennedy Jr marries Caroline Bisset
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22 Sep 1996 4th Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales
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23 Sep 1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach Florida (WCLB 95.5 FM)
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23 Sep 1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre PA (WZMT 97.9 FM)
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24 Sep 1996 Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
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25 Sep 1996 The last of the Magdalene asylums closes in Ireland.
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26 Sep 1996 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands
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27 Sep 1996 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
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27 Sep 1996 In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
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27 Sep 1996 The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
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28 Sep 1996 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka
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28 Sep 1996 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
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28 Sep 1996 Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700
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28 Sep 1996 New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
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28 Sep 1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama)
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28 Sep 1996 Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
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29 Sep 1996 "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater, New York City
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29 Sep 1996 34th Tennis Federation Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
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29 Sep 1996 Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour (Houston Texas)
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29 Sep 1996 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs
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29 Sep 1996 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
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29 Sep 1996 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
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29 Sep 1996 SD Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title
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29 Sep 1996 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic
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29 Sep 1996 US wins Federation Cup over Spain
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30 Sep 1996 The United States Congress passes an Amendment that bans the possession of firearms for people who were convicted of domestic violence, even misdemeanor level.
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02 Oct 1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win
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02 Oct 1996 The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
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02 Oct 1996 Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
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03 Oct 1996 Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field
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04 Oct 1996 BPAA US Bowling Open by Dave Husted
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04 Oct 1996 Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka
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05 Oct 1996 Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
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05 Oct 1996 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game
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05 Oct 1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits HRs in a post season game
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06 Oct 1996 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
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06 Oct 1996 Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
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06 Oct 1996 Lois and Clark (fictional characters) wed
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06 Oct 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals
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07 Oct 1996 The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
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10 Oct 1996 "Sex & Longing" opens at Cort Theater, New York City
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10 Oct 1996 Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City
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11 Oct 1996 Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million
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11 Oct 1996 Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.
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13 Oct 1996 "Big, " closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances
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13 Oct 1996 Annika Sorenstam wins Betsy King LPGA Golf Classic
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13 Oct 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
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13 Oct 1996 Yanks (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs
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14 Oct 1996 Braves blow out St. Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
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14 Oct 1996 Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)
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14 Oct 1996 Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards)
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16 Oct 1996 Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.
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17 Oct 1996 "Taking Sides, " opens at Atkinson Theater, New York City
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19 Oct 1996 Braves beat the New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
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20 Oct 1996 "Summer & Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
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20 Oct 1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
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22 Oct 1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
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23 Oct 1996 New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win
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24 Oct 1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
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25 Oct 1996 Frank, Brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
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02 Nov 1996 "Hughie, " closes at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
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03 Nov 1996 27th NYC Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54
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03 Nov 1996 Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
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03 Nov 1996 Toray Japan Queens Cup
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03 Nov 1996 Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).
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05 Nov 1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of
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05 Nov 1996 Pakistani President Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
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06 Nov 1996 LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
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07 Nov 1996 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City
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07 Nov 1996 NFL / Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times
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11 Nov 1996 Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award
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13 Nov 1996 "Three Sisters, " closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City
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13 Nov 1996 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
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14 Nov 1996 "Chicago, " opens at Richard Rodgers Theater, New York City
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14 Nov 1996 Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
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15 Nov 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
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16 Nov 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
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16 Nov 1996 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards
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17 Nov 1996 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
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19 Nov 1996 "Sex & Longing" closes at Cort Theater, New York City
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19 Nov 1996 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox
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19 Nov 1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space
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21 Nov 1996 "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
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22 Nov 1996 OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"
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23 Nov 1996 Irebe Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
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24 Nov 1996 "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass, " opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater, New York City
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24 Nov 1996 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton
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24 Nov 1996 Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship
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25 Nov 1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
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26 Nov 1996 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
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01 Dec 1996 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
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04 Dec 1996 7th Billboard Music Awards
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04 Dec 1996 Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
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05 Dec 1996 "Dreams & Nightmares, " opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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05 Dec 1996 Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
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06 Dec 1996 Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match
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07 Dec 1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands
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08 Dec 1996 "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 22 performances
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08 Dec 1996 Donna Andrews and Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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12 Dec 1996 Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since November 22, Moises Alou
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12 Dec 1996 Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain)
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13 Dec 1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
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14 Dec 1996 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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14 Dec 1996 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
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15 Dec 1996 Dottie Pepper & Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
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15 Dec 1996 Jim Colbert & Bob Murphy win Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches
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15 Dec 1996 Tom Lehman & Duffy Waldoff win Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches
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18 Dec 1996 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England
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18 Dec 1996 TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system
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19 Dec 1996 "Once Upon a Matress, " opens at Broadhurst NYC for 187 performances
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20 Dec 1996 NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
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21 Dec 1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
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22 Dec 1996 Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD
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22 Dec 1996 Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge
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22 Dec 1996 Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need 1 to win
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23 Dec 1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history
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26 Dec 1996 Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
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26 Dec 1996 Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
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27 Dec 1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
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27 Dec 1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
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28 Dec 1996 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning
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29 Dec 1996 "Dreams & Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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29 Dec 1996 "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater NYC after
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29 Dec 1996 "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater, New York City
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29 Dec 1996 Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
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29 Dec 1996 "Dreams & Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
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29 Dec 1996 "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC
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30 Dec 1996 In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.
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30 Dec 1996 Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
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