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HomePage 12: Historical Events In 1996
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Nov 04 Robert Rapoport, social anthropologist, dies at 72 
Nov 05 Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62
Nov 06 Mario Savio, activist, dies of heart attack at 53.
Nov 07 Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist, dies at 84.
Nov 08 Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89.
Nov 09 Fred Lipmann, watchmaker, dies at 91.
Nov 10 Beecher Moore, sailor, dies at 88.
Nov 11 Helen Rosenthal, Teacher/health administrator, dies at 47
Nov 12 Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72.
Nov 13 Kenneth Watkins, woodland conservationist, dies at 86
Nov 14 Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd's underwriter, dies at 77.
Nov 15 Alger Hiss, former alleged spy/lawyer, dies at 92.
Nov 16 George Byatt, playwright, dies at 73
Nov 18 David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69.
Nov 19 Denis Jenkinson, journalist, dies at 74.
Nov 20 Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67.
Nov 21 Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80
Nov 21 CompuServe announced it would shut down its family-oriented service, WOW!, just eight months after it was launched
Nov 22 America Online agreed to provide a pop-up screen asking members to select a pricing plan.
Nov 24 Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67.
Nov 25 America Online announced it would sell its WebCrawler search engine to Excite
Nov 25 Buoyed by booming confidence in the dollar, as well as dwindling interest rates on U.S. Treasury Bonds, the Dow charged past the magic 6.500 point for the inaugural time in history
Nov 25 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79.
Nov 26 Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91
Nov 27 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
Nov 29 The media reported that MTV Networks was demanding fees from online services that linked to their sites.
Nov 29 Volkswagen executive Jose Ignacio Lopez resigned on this day under charges of industrial espionage from General Motors, his former employer
Nov 30 Dan Flavin, minimalist sculptor, dies at 63.
Dec 01 A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air
Dec 01 Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67.
Dec 01 Chemin de fer Baie des Chaleurs, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the former CN line beween Matapedia and Chandler, Que.
Dec 01 In a move that led to a public-relations disaster, America Online shifted to a flat $19.95-per-month fee for unlimited access.
Dec 02 Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76
Dec 03 Babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
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