Historical Events In 1996

Sep 19   Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85 in the year 1996.   

Sep 20   Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82 in the year 1996.   

Sep 21   In the year 1996 john F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, GA.   

Sep 21   John Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42 in the year 1996.   

Sep 22   On this day in history dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81   

Sep 23   Denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 in the year 1996.   

Sep 25   Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator, dies at 80 in the year 1996.   

Sep 26   In the year 1996 geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75   

Sep 26   In the year 1996 u.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir   

Sep 27   In the year 1996 mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55   

Sep 28   Iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge in the year 1996.   

Sep 28   Iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec: Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge on this day in history.   

Sep 29   On this day in history endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73   

Sep 30   In the year 1996 aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76   

Oct 01   On this day in history the St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA. The STLH name was first used about June 1 although the legal entity was not established until October 1.   

Oct 02   Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58 on this day in history.   

Oct 03   Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1996 martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43   

Oct 05   Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   On this day in history martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57   

Oct 07   On this day in history charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86   

Oct 08   In the year 1996 geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70   

Oct 09   On this day in history alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58   

Oct 11   Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 in the year 1996.   

Oct 12   On this day in history linda Juster is married in Placentia California   

Oct 13   Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89 in the year 1996.   

Oct 14   On this day in history laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91   

Oct 15   In the year 1996 bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69   

Oct 17   In the year 1996 berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93   

Oct 19   Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71 in the year 1996.   

Oct 20   Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 in the year 1996.   

Oct 21   On this day in history abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71   

Oct 22   On this day in history charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39   

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Jan 01   Arleigh Albert Burke, US Admiral, dies at 94 in the year 1996.   

Jan 02   Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1996 ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90 in the year 1996.   

Jan 08   In the year 1996 francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79