Historical Events In 1996

Sep 19   On this day in history douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85  

Sep 20   Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Sep 21   John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, GA on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1996 john Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42  

Sep 22   Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81 in the year 1996.  

Sep 23   Denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86 in the year 1996.  

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

Sep 25   Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 27   Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1996 endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73  

Sep 30   On this day in history aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76  

Oct 01   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 on this day in history.  

Oct 02   In the year 1996 andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58  

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

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

Oct 05   In the year 1996 catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77  

Oct 06   In the year 1996 martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57  

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   Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Oct 11   In the year 1996 arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80  

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

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

Oct 14   Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91 in the year 1996.  

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

Oct 17   On this day in history berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93  

Oct 19   In the year 1996 frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71  

Oct 20   Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 22   Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1996 geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67  

Jan 04   Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83 in the year 1996.  

Jan 05   On this day in history jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86  

Jan 06   In the year 1996 duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60  

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.