Page 11: Historical Events In 1996

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

Sep 20   On this day in history max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82   

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

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

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

Sep 25   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58   

Oct 03   On this day in history denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65   

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

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

Oct 06   Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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   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 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1996 alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75   

Oct 21   Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71 in the year 1996.   

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

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Jan 01   Arleigh Albert Burke, US Admiral, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1996 jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86   

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

Jan 07   James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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