Page 12: Historical Events In 1996

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.   

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   

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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),