Page 3: Historical Events In 1996

Feb 11   Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65   

Feb 12   Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51.   

Feb 13   Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"   

Feb 13   Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway   

Feb 14   Bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77   

Feb 16   Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47.   

Feb 16   Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa vs UAE at Rawalpindi   

Feb 18   Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya.   

Feb 19   Brenda Bruce, actress (December Bride, Nightmare), dies at 77.   

Feb 21   Horace Leonard Gold, sF writer/editor, dies at 81.   

Feb 21   Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit   

Feb 22   Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice.   

Feb 22   STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit   

Feb 23   Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies.   

Feb 23   Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve   

Feb 23   Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands   

Feb 24   Anna Larina, revolutionary, dies at 82   

Feb 24   Cuba downs 2 US planes   

Feb 25   Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45   

Feb 26   Audrey Angers, charity pioneer.   

Feb 27   Francois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72.   

Feb 27   Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India.   

Feb 28   38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette claims   

Feb 29   A Peruvian jetliner crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 people aboard.   

Feb 29   Daniel Green is convicted of murdering the father of basketball star Michael Jordan during a 1993 holdup, and is sentenced to life in prison   

Feb 29   Duncan Stuart Wilson Fighter pilot-MacDonald, dies at 83.   

Feb 29   Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup   

Feb 29   Soyuz TM-23, lands.   

Mar 01   Meningitis in West Africa.   

Mar 01   New toll-free 888 area code introduced   

Mar 01   Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington and Shap England   

Mar 01   United Kingdom BSE outbreak in Worldwide killing 231 people.   

Mar 02   Jacobo Majluta, president of Dominican Rep (1982), dies at 61.   

Mar 02   Tendulkar scores 137 for India vs SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose.   

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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),