Page 11: Historical Events In 1996

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

Sep 20   In the year 1996 max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82   

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

Sep 21   On this day in history john Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42   

Sep 22   In the year 1996 dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81   

Sep 23   On this day in history denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86   

Sep 24   On this day in history iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87   

Sep 25   In the year 1996 betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator, dies at 80   

Sep 26   Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75 in the year 1996.   

Sep 26   U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55 in the year 1996.   

Sep 28   On this day in history 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   

Sep 28   In the year 1996 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   

Sep 29   In the year 1996 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 in the year 1996.   

Oct 03   In the year 1996 denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65   

Oct 04   On this day in history martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43   

Oct 05   Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77 in the year 1996.   

Oct 06   Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57 in the year 1996.   

Oct 07   Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1996 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   On this day in history albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89   

Oct 14   Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 in the year 1996.   

Oct 17   Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Oct 19   On this day in history frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71   

Oct 20   On this day in history alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75   

Oct 21   In the year 1996 abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71   

Oct 22   Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39 in the year 1996.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history arleigh Albert Burke, US Admiral, dies at 94   

Jan 02   Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 in the year 1996.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1996.   

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

Jan 08   Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 on this day in history.