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   John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, GA in the year 1996.  

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

Sep 22   Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55  

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 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 29   Endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73 in the year 1996.  

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

Oct 01   In the year 1996 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   On this day in history andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58  

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

Oct 04   Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77  

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

Oct 07   Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 in the year 1996.  

Oct 08   Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 in the year 1996.  

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   In the year 1996 linda Juster is married in Placentia California  

Oct 13   In the year 1996 albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89  

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

Oct 15   Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

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   Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1996 arleigh Albert Burke, US Admiral, dies at 94  

Jan 02   On this day in history sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81  

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

Jan 04   Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86 in the year 1996.  

Jan 06   On this day in history duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60  

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