Page 11: Historical Events In 1996

Sep 30   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 inaugural 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   

Oct 03   Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65   

Oct 04   Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43   

Oct 05   Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77.   

Oct 06   Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57   

Oct 07   Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86   

Oct 08   Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70   

Oct 09   Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58.   

Oct 11   Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80   

Oct 12   Linda Juster is married in Placentia California.   

Oct 13   Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89.   

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

Oct 15   Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69   

Oct 17   Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93   

Oct 19   Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71.   

Oct 20   Alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75.   

Oct 21   Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71   

Oct 22   Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39   

Oct 23   Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67   

Oct 24   Arthur Axmann, head of Hitler Youths in (1940-45), dies at 83   

Oct 25   Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95.   

Oct 26   Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80   

Oct 27   Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84.   

Oct 28   Jack Tinker, drama critic, dies at 58   

Oct 29   James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66.   

Oct 30   Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur, dies at 101.   

Oct 30   RaiLink-Ottawa Valley takes over operation of the former CP line between Smiths Falls and Cartier, Ont as well as the Mattawa to Temiskaming branch in Quebec.   

Nov 01   Junius Richard Jayawardene, PM of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90   

Nov 02   Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Colombian politician, dies.   

Nov 02   Ontario L'Orignal Railway (RailTex) commences operation over the former CN line between Glen Robertson, Hawkesbury and L'Orignal, Ont   

Nov 03   Barry George Barrington Porter, politician, dies at 57   

Nov 04   Andhra Pradesh cyclone in India killing 1007 people   

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Jan 01   Arleigh albert burke: Us admiral,   

Jan 02   Sydney thompson: Rock climber,    

Jan 03   Geoffrey pardoe: Engineer,    

Jan 04   Ramon vinay: Operatic tenor/baritone,    

Jan 05   Jay morris arena: Inventor/pediatrician,    

Jan 06   Duane hanson: Sculptor,   

Jan 07   James holland: Artist/exhibition organiser,    

Jan 08   Francois mitterrand: Pres of france (1981-95),