Historical Events in 1996 (Part 3)

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• Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Tom Lehman wins his only major championship by 2 strokes from Mark McCumber and Ernie Els; first American to win at Lytham since Bobby Jones 70 years earlier

• Jul 21 "The Daily Show" hosted by Craig Kilborn premieres on Comedy Central in the US
• Jul 21 83rd Tour de France won by Bjarne Riis of Denmark
• Jul 25 Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs United States
• Jul 27 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured
• Jul 27 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs
• Jul 27 Brazilian pair Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires win inaugural women's beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics

• Jul 28 Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
• Jul 28 Americans Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes win inaugural beach volleyball gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics; Kiraly first to win gold in both indoor and beach events
• Jul 28 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Defending champion Brian Barnes of Scotland wins by 3 strokes from Bob Charles and David Oakley
• Jul 29 The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court

• Jul 30 Tommy Lasoda retires as LA Dodger manager
• Aug 1 M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched

• Aug 1 French sprinter Marie-José Pérec wins the 200m final at the Atlanta Olympics to become only the 2nd athlete to win the 200-400m Olympic double (Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1984)
• Aug 1 American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200m-400m double
• Aug 1 Tiffeny Milbrett scores the winner as the US beats China 2-1 at the Atlanta Olympics for the first ever Olympic gold medal in women's soccer
• Aug 1 Dan O'Brien wins the decathlon gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to become the first American since Bruce Jenner in 1976 to win the gruelling event

• Aug 3 US General William F. Garrison accepts responsibility for outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and retires from military service
• Aug 3 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin of Spain wins the 52.2k road time trial in 1:04:05, 12 seconds ahead of countryman Abraham Olano at the Atlanta Olympics

• Aug 4 XXVI Summer Olympic Games close in Atlanta, Georgia

• Aug 4 Jim Bunning, Earl Weaver, Bill Foster and Ned Hanlon inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
• Aug 5 Kansas City Chiefs rout Dallas Cowboys 32-6 in an NFL pre-season exhibition game in Monterrey Mexico
• Aug 6 NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars after examining meteorite ALH84001, thought to be from Mars

• Aug 6 Korean Air Flight 801 crashes in the United States territory of Guam, killing 228 people

• Aug 10 Dare & Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
• Aug 10 Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex


• Aug 10 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
• Aug 10 New Zealand beats South Africa, 29-18 in Cape Town to win the inaugural Tri Nations Rugby Series with an unbeaten record; All Blacks flyhalf Andrew Mehrtens lands 5 penalties and 2 conversions
• Aug 11 "Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 32 performances
• Aug 11 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Vallhalla GC: Mark Brooks wins his first major title with birdie on first playoff hole against fellow American Kenny Perry
• Aug 12 "Breakfast on Fox" premieres
• Aug 13 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
• Aug 17 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
• Aug 18 British Open Women's Golf, Woburn, Duke's Course: Emilee Klein wins by 7 strokes ahead of fellow Americans Amy Alcott and Penny Hammel
• Aug 18 Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in NYC
• Aug 19 The major South African political parties begin their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
• Aug 20 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's
• Aug 21 "Hughie" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
• Aug 21 Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA
• Aug 21 Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
• Aug 21 In Venezuela, a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), Corpoven, signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based ARCO
• Aug 22 ANC makes its first submission to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

• Aug 25 96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
• Aug 26 US President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in welfare policy

• Aug 28 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex
• Aug 28 53rd Venice Film Festival: "Michael Collins" directed by Neil Jordan wins Golden Lion
• Aug 29 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
• Sep 1 Vinny Testaverde completes 19 from 33 for 254 yards as the Baltimore Ravens beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14 in their NFL debut at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
• Sep 1 The Carolina Panthers outgun the Atlanta Falcons 29-6 in their first regular season NFL game at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina

• Sep 2 Soyuz TM-24, lands
• Sep 2 A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
• Sep 3 Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)
• Sep 4 13th MTV Video Music Awards: Alanis Morrisett & Smashing Pumpkins win
• Sep 5 "Summer & Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
• Sep 5 Following US cruise missile strikes on Iraq, crude oil prices rise as the market speculates when Iraq will begin exporting oil under UN Resolution 986

• Sep 8 "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• Sep 8 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker win
• Sep 8 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo

• Sep 11 Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
• Sep 13 Phil Simmons scores 171 & takes 6-14 for Leics v Durham

• Sep 14 England Test cricket fast bowler Dean Headley equals WR by taking his 3rd hat-trick of the English County season for Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury
• Sep 14 NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
• Sep 14 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
• Sep 14 21st Toronto International Film Festival: "Shine" directed by Scott Hicks wins the People's Choice Award
• Sep 15 Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Mark O'Meara and David Duval are undefeated as US edges International team, 16½-15½
• Sep 15 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final

• Sep 16 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto
• Sep 16 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City FL on WTBB 97.7 FM
• Sep 16 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
• Sep 16 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space
• Sep 17 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field

• Sep 19 "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater NYC
• Sep 22 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, St. Pierre Hotel & CC: US retains Cup; beats Europe 17-11; in expanded format US wins 10 of 12 singles matches in final day blowout
• Sep 23 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre PA (WZMT 97.9 FM) and in West Palm Beach FL (WCLB 95.5 FM)
• Sep 24 U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
• Sep 25 The last of the Magdalen Asylums closes in Ireland.

• Sep 26 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands
• Sep 27 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
• Sep 27 In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
• Sep 27 The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
• Sep 28 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team & Sri Lanka
• Sep 28 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
• Sep 28 NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
• Sep 28 Nebraska & Penn State are 5th & 6th major colleges to win 700
• Sep 28 Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
• Sep 28 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama)
• Sep 29 "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC
• Sep 29 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)

• Sep 29 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs
• Sep 29 Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34
• Sep 29 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
• Sep 29 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
• Sep 29 San Diego Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title

• Oct 2 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks & Dunn win
• Oct 3 Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field
• Oct 4 BPAA US Bowling Open by Dave Husted


• Oct 4 BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson
• Oct 4 Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi breaks record for fastest hundred in one-day cricket history; in first ODI innings, Afridi savages Sri Lanka for 102 in KCA Centenary Tournament match in Nairobi; reaches 100 in 37 balls
• Oct 4 Left wing Mike Donnelly becomes first player in NHL history to play for all 3 New York teams (Sabres, Rangers & Islanders) when he suits up for the NY Islanders in a 1-0 loss in Los Angeles
• Oct 5 Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 innings in 4-3 ALDS win at Jacobs Field; Orioles win series, 3-1
• Oct 5 New York centre fielder Bernie Williams homers from each side of the plate as the Yankees beat Texas, 6-4 to win the AL Division Series, 3 - 1
• Oct 6 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
• Oct 6 Lois & Clark (fictional characters) wed
• Oct 6 NY Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals

• Oct 9 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback
• Oct 10 "Sex & Longing" opens at Cort Theater NYC
• Oct 10 Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City
• Oct 11 Ford buys rights to name Detroit domed stadium for $40 million
• Oct 13 "Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances
• Oct 13 NY Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
• Oct 13 Yanks (3) & Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs

• Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1
• Oct 14 Braves blow out St Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
• Oct 14 Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)
• Oct 14 Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yds)
• Oct 16 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.
• Oct 17 "Taking Sides" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC
• Oct 17 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3
• Oct 19 Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
• Oct 20 "Summer & Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
• Oct 20 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
• Oct 20 Wasim Akram (257) & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wicket, vs Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura
• Oct 22 NY 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)
• Oct 23 New York Yankees set record recovering from 0-6 in Baseball World Series game to beat Braves, 8-6 in Game 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; record 7th straight post-season road win


• Oct 24 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days
• Oct 24 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
• Oct 25 Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
• Oct 26 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Woodbine Racetrack; winners: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup
• Oct 26 World Series Baseball: New York beats Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win club's 23rd title; MVP: Bronx Bombers' reliever John Wetteland
• Oct 27 US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament
• Oct 28 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
• Oct 30 Exxon confirms that it is in talks with state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation concerning the application of new technology to convert natural gas to petroleum products
• Oct 31 Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAM) Flight 402, a Fokker F100, crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.
• Oct 31 American jam band Phish performs The Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" as a musical costume during a show at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia
• Nov 1 Philadelphia 76ers inaugurate NBA season with opening of the CoreStates Center before 20,444; largest crowd to see a basketball game in state of Pennsylvania; lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 111-103
• Nov 1 Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes
• Nov 2 "Hughie" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
• Nov 2 Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history

• Nov 3 "It's a Slippery Slope" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
• Nov 3 New York City Marathon: Giacomo Leone of Italy, man's champion in 2:09:54; Anuta Catuna of Romania takes women's title in 2:28:18

• Nov 5 Bill Clinton is re-elected President of the United States, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole

• Nov 6 LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year

• Nov 7 "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
• Nov 7 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
• Nov 7 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
• Nov 9 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill

• Nov 10 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
• Nov 11 Atlanta Braves starting pitcher John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award; Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays claims AL Award


• Nov 12 Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award
• Nov 12 Saudi Arabian Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collide in midair over Charkhi Dadri in India, killing 349 people, the third-deadliest aviation disaster in history
• Nov 13 "Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
• Nov 13 Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)
• Nov 13 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
• Nov 14 Revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Chicago" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
• Nov 14 Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
• Nov 15 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
• Nov 16 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
• Nov 16 18th ACE Cable Awards: Lifetime wins the Golden CableACE for "Lifetime Applauds: The Fight Against Breast Cancer"
• Nov 17 "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
• Nov 17 Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
• Nov 18 Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder

• Nov 19 "God Said, Ha!" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 22 performances
• Nov 19 "Sex & Longing" closes at Cort Theater NYC
• Nov 19 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox
• Nov 19 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space
• Nov 19 The case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial.

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