Notable Historical Events - 1996
1996 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin |
Jan 1 |
Curacao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) |
Jan 4 |
"Father" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 performances |
Jan 5 |
Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement |
Jan 5 |
Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI v WI at the Gabba |
Jan 5 |
Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone. |
Jan 6 |
Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) |
Jan 7 |
"Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 perfs |
Jan 7 |
"Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after * performances |
Jan 7 |
16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 |
Jan 8 |
Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths |
Jan 8 |
For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
Jan 9 |
First episode of "Third Rock from the Sun" screened on NBC |
Jan 10 |
Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners |
Jan 10 |
Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins |
Jan 11 |
Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space |
Jan 11 |
Haiti becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
Jan 12 |
Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US) |
Jan 14 |
"Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances |
Jan 14 |
"Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 perfs |
Jan 14 |
Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions |
Jan 17 |
The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union. |
Jan 17 |
Iraq agrees to talks concerning a UN plan to allow for the Iraqi sale of $1 billion of oil; proceeds from the sale would be used for humanitarian purposes |
Jan 18 |
Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997 |
Jan 19 |
NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix |
Jan 20 |
46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston |
Jan 20 |
Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup |
Jan 20 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan |
Jan 20 |
WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format |
Jan 21 |
53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta |
Jan 21 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament |
Jan 21 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo |
Jan 23 |
Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test NZ v Zim |
Jan 23 |
The first version of the Java programming language was released. |
Jan 26 |
"Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg |
Jan 27 |
15 day old siamese twins separated-Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies |
Jan 27 |
70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) |
Jan 27 |
Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st NY female Episcopal bishop |
Jan 27 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
Jan 27 |
Germany celebrates its 1st Holocaust Remembrance Day |
Jan 27 |
Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana v Jamaica at Kingston |
Jan 27 |
Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup. |
Jan 28 |
"Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 perfs |
Jan 28 |
84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) |
Jan 28 |
Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Super Bowl MVP: |
Jan 29 |
23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins |
Jan 29 |
Last day of Test cricket for David Boon |
Jan 29 |
6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" |
Jan 29 |
La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire. |
Jan 30 |
Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit. |
Jan 30 |
Commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet Scott Redd states that Iran test-fired a new anti-ship missile near the Strait of Hormuz |
Feb 1 |
The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress. |
Feb 2 |
Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA |
Feb 4 |
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13 |
Feb 6 |
Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence |
Feb 8 |
NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind |
Feb 8 |
The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act. |
Feb 8 |
The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place. |
Feb 9 |
WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM |
Feb 9 |
The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf. |
Feb 10 |
IBM computer Deep Blue becomes the first computer to win a game of chess against a reigning (human) chess champion, Gary Kasparov |
Feb 11 |
46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio |
Feb 12 |
4th ESPY Awards: Cal Ripken, Rebecca Lobo win |
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 13 |
Rapper Tupac Shakur releases his 4th studio album 'All Eyez on Me' |
Feb 15 |
Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens, Greece. |
Feb 15 |
Bill Belichick is fired by the Cleveland Browns, finishing his Cleveland coaching career with a record of 36-44 |
Feb 15 |
At a news conference, American boxer Tommy Morrison said he had contracted HIV |
Feb 16 |
Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa v UAE at Rawalpindi |
Feb 17 |
1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 |
Feb 17 |
Garry Kasparov defeats Deep Blue 4-2 in chess |
Feb 18 |
1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India |
Feb 18 |
Daytona 500 race |
Feb 18 |
Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya |
Feb 19 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM |
Feb 21 |
Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit |
Feb 22 |
"Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances |
Feb 22 |
STS 75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit |
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 |
Cuba downs 2 US planes |
Feb 24 |
Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
Feb 24 |
The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church. |
Feb 25 |
"Father" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 52 performances |
Feb 25 |
Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad v Leeward Is |
Feb 27 |
Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India |
Feb 28 |
38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins |
Feb 29 |
Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup |
Feb 29 |
Soyuz TM-23, lands |
Mar 1 |
Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory |
Mar 1 |
New toll-free 888 area code introduced |
Mar 1 |
Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington & Shap England |
Mar 2 |
Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator |
Mar 2 |
Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind v SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose |
Mar 3 |
26th Easter Seal Telethon |
Mar 3 |
Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final |
Mar 5 |
Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame |
Mar 6 |
10th American Comedy Award |
Mar 6 |
Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 v Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup v Kenya |
Mar 7 |
1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope) |
Mar 7 |
British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order |
Mar 7 |
Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists |
Mar 7 |
The first democratically elected Palestinian parliament is formed. |
Mar 9 |
Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India |
Mar 9 |
Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in WC QF |
Mar 9 |
STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands |
Mar 10 |
22nd People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Candice Bergen win (TV) |
Mar 10 |
NYC Mayor Guiliani visits Israel |
Mar 11 |
Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side v Australia, World Cup |
Mar 11 |
Mark Waugh scores 110 v NZ for his third century of the World Cup |
Mar 11 |
The EU Database Directive is passed. |
Mar 11 |
John Winston Howard becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. His term in office is the second longest in Australian history, ending on December 3, 2007. |
Mar 12 |
Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy |
Mar 13 |
Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play |
Mar 13 |
Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 children and 1 teacher are shot dead by spree killer Thomas Hamilton who then commits suicide. |
Mar 14 |
Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi |
Mar 14 |
Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) |
Mar 16 |
Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title |
Mar 17 |
"Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances |
Mar 17 |
"Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 17 perfs |
Mar 17 |
Aravinda De Silva gets 107* & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory |
Mar 17 |
Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship |
Mar 17 |
Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena |
Mar 17 |
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup |
Mar 18 |
50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 |
Mar 18 |
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162. |
Mar 20 |
"Love Thy Neighbor" opens at Booth Theater NYC |
Mar 20 |
Erik & Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents |
Mar 20 |
UK admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) |
Mar 21 |
"Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 perfs |
Mar 22 |
Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl |
Mar 22 |
STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit |
Mar 23 |
Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President. |
Mar 24 |
16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins |
Mar 24 |
Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual |
Mar 24 |
Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament |
Mar 24 |
MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way |
Mar 25 |
68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart", Nicholas Cage & Susan Sarandon win |
Mar 25 |
Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth |
Mar 25 |
Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes |
Mar 25 |
Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS) |
Mar 25 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova & Bushkov (RUS) |
Mar 25 |
Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA) |
Mar 25 |
Men's Fig Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) |
Mar 25 |
US issues newly-redesigned $100 bill |
Mar 25 |
The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of "mad cow disease" (BSE). |
Mar 26 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic) |
Mar 26 |
The International Monetary Fund approves a $10.2 billion loan for Russia. |
Mar 27 |
"State Fair" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 118 performances |
Mar 28 |
"Seven Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC |
Mar 28 |
Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America |
Mar 29 |
10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men |
Mar 29 |
Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens |
Mar 29 |
NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game |
Mar 30 |
Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain |
Mar 30 |
NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game |
Mar 30 |
Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle |
Mar 31 |
"Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 perfs |
Mar 31 |
"Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 perfs |
Mar 31 |
15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65 |
Mar 31 |
1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle |
Mar 31 |
25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan |
Mar 31 |
Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
Mar 31 |
Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast |
Mar 31 |
Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands |
Mar 31 |
Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title |
Apr 1 |
58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 |
Apr 1 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn) |
Apr 1 |
The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created. |
Apr 2 |
Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game |
Apr 2 |
Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore |
Apr 3 |
South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield |
Apr 3 |
St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 |
Apr 4 |
"Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances |
Apr 4 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM |
Apr 5 |
John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days |
Apr 5 |
Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King |
Apr 6 |
Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game |
Apr 7 |
8th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
Apr 7 |
Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pak, Singapore |
Apr 7 |
Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic |
Apr 7 |
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore |
Apr 8 |
Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title |
Apr 10 |
Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 km/h (220 kn; 253 mph; 113 m/s) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia |
Apr 11 |
"King & I" premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 perform |
Apr 11 |
Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season |
Apr 13 |
En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 |
Apr 13 |
Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff |
Apr 14 |
"Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance |
Apr 14 |
60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276 |
Apr 14 |
Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games |
Apr 15 |
"Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 1 performance |
Apr 15 |
100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 |
Apr 15 |
25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 |
Apr 18 |
"Funny Thing Happened" opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 perfs |
Apr 18 |
In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell the UN compound at Quana. |
Apr 19 |
Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles |
Apr 19 |
South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah |
Apr 20 |
Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season |
Apr 21 |
"Delicate Balance" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC |
Apr 21 |
57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin |
Apr 21 |
Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship |
Apr 21 |
Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) |
Apr 21 |
Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup |
Apr 21 |
Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final |
Apr 23 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM |
Apr 23 |
Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million |
Apr 24 |
"Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf |
Apr 24 |
31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain |
Apr 24 |
Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 |
Apr 24 |
The UNand Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq's possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period |
Apr 25 |
"Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC |
Apr 26 |
Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H |
Apr 26 |
Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million |
Apr 27 |
Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont |
Apr 28 |
"Big" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances |
Apr 28 |
Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania |
Apr 28 |
Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
Apr 29 |
"Rent", starring Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, opens at Nederlander Theater NYC |
Apr 29 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM |
Apr 30 |
"Buried Child" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 77 performances |
Apr 30 |
Dutch/Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral |
Apr 30 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM |
Apr 30 |
US President Clinton approves the sale of $227 million of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; US gas prices are at their highest levels in 5 years |
May 1 |
"Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances |
May 1 |
Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game |
May 3 |
Martin Moxon & Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks v Glam |
May 4 |
122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01 |
May 4 |
ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel |
May 4 |
Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917 |
May 5 |
"Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 perfs |
May 5 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship |
May 5 |
Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe |
May 6 |
Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war |
May 6 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM |
May 6 |
The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. |
May 7 |
Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown |
May 8 |
NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3 |
May 8 |
South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution |
May 10 |
"Twister" premieres |
May 10 |
2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games |
May 10 |
Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI). |
May 11 |
Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colo Rockies, 11-0 |
May 11 |
Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die |
May 12 |
"Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances |
May 12 |
"Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 perfs |
May 12 |
42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies |
May 12 |
Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 |
May 13 |
OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict |
May 13 |
Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. |
May 14 |
NY Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0 |
May 16 |
Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning |
May 17 |
Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe |
May 17 |
Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics v Worcs |
May 18 |
122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2 |
May 18 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner |
May 19 |
STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit |
May 20 |
UN and Iraq agree to Resolution 986, which provides Iraq with the opportunity to sell $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period; proceeds from the sale would be used for humanitarian purposes |
May 21 |
Blackout in many areas of Queens NY |
May 21 |
Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs |
May 21 |
Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win |
May 21 |
The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed. |
May 22 |
"Tartuffe: Born Again" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 perfs |
May 22 |
Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time |
May 23 |
Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric |
May 24 |
"Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released |
May 25 |
Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American |
May 26 |
"Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 perfs |
May 26 |
Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game |
May 26 |
Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
May 26 |
Indianapolis 500: Buddy Lazier wins in 3:22:45.753 (238.112 km/h) |
May 28 |
U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. |
May 29 |
Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands |
May 30 |
69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture |
May 30 |
John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight" |
May 30 |
Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension |
May 31 |
Mark Van Thillo & Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures |
Jun 1 |
Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square |
Jun 1 |
Woody Harrelson is arrested in Lee County, Kentucky, after he symbolically planted four hemp seeds to challenge the state law which did not distinguish between industrial hemp and marijuana |
Jun 2 |
50th Tony Awards: Master Class & Rent win |
Jun 2 |
51st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam |
Jun 2 |
9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon |
Jun 5 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, TN, on WMFS 92.9 FM |
Jun 7 |
Julia & Noah wed on "All My Children" |
Jun 8 |
128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96 |
Jun 8 |
66th French Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (6-3, 6-7, 10-8) |
Jun 8 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
Jun 8 |
Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire |
Jun 8 |
Lloyd & Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs v Essex |
Jun 8 |
PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper |
Jun 8 |
Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
Jun 8 |
Revival of the legendary procession of Lady Godiva (Godgifu) naked through Coventry, England |
Jun 9 |
66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) |
Jun 9 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
Jun 9 |
Sunday League cricket game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 |
Jun 10 |
30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson |
Jun 10 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo OH on WBUZ 106.5 FM |
Jun 10 |
Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip |
Jun 10 |
Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games |
Jun 10 |
Colo Avalanche sweeps Fla Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods |
Jun 11 |
Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US senate to run for president |
Jun 11 |
Exxon states that it will begin work on its $15-billion Sakhalin I oil and natural gas development in Russia's Far East |
Jun 12 |
3 Phila Fed Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet |
Jun 12 |
Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women & Asians |
Jun 13 |
Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days |
Jun 13 |
The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. |
Jun 14 |
"Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released |
Jun 14 |
Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire v Indians |
Jun 15 |
IRA bomb in Manchester wrecks city centre at 11.17am, injuring 200 |
Jun 16 |
1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade) |
Jun 16 |
50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2 |
Jun 16 |
96th US Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC |
Jun 16 |
Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic |
Jun 17 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse NY on WAQX 95.7 FM |
Jun 18 |
Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts. |
Jun 20 |
Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), launches into space |
Jun 20 |
The Venezuelan Congress approves deals which allow foreign oil companies to explore and produce oil in Venezuela for the first time since the country's 1975 nationalization of the oil industry |
Jun 22 |
29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain & Ireland wins 11-6 |
Jun 22 |
Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title |
Jun 22 |
Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut |
Jun 23 |
"Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 29 perfs |
Jun 23 |
Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament |
Jun 23 |
Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan |
Jun 23 |
Archbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in South Africa |
Jun 25 |
The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. |
Jun 26 |
Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin |
Jun 28 |
"Nutty Professor" starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA |
Jun 28 |
The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law. |
Jun 29 |
Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss |
Jun 29 |
Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900 |
Jun 30 |
"Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater NYC after 77 perfs |
Jun 30 |
"Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 308 perfs |
Jun 30 |
"State Fair" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 118 performances |
Jun 30 |
Caroline Frolic (Miss Ontario), crowned Miss Renaissance USA |
Jun 30 |
Dottie Pepper wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
Jul 1 |
Kevan James scores 103 & takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants v Ind |
Jul 1 |
NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes |
Jul 1 |
Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera |
Jul 1 |
WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in NYC |
Jul 3 |
British House of Commons annouces Stone of Scone, used in the coronation of Scottish and British monarchs, will be returned to Scotland after 600 years |
Jul 4 |
Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins |
Jul 5 |
A's scores 13 in 1st vs Angels |
Jul 5 |
NY Yank John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves |
Jul 6 |
103rd Wimbledon Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (6-3, 7-5) |
Jul 6 |
Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24 |
Jul 7 |
110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63) |
Jul 7 |
17th US Seniors Golf Open: Dave Stockton |
Jul 7 |
Joan Pitcock wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic |
Jul 7 |
Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), lands |
Jul 7 |
Nelson Mandela steps down as President of South Africa |
Jul 9 |
67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila |
Jul 9 |
All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers) |
Jul 9 |
US Senate approves 90 cent raise to $4.25 minimum wage |
Jul 12 |
Kirby Puckett retires from Minnesota Twins |
Jul 12 |
Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million |
Jul 12 |
Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur |
Jul 13 |
Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940) |
Jul 14 |
"How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers NYC after 548 perf |
Jul 14 |
"Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 32 performances |
Jul 14 |
14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: raymond floyd |
Jul 14 |
Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic |
Jul 14 |
NY Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves |
Jul 14 |
NY Yanks sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time |
Jul 15 |
After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd |
Jul 15 |
MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV |
Jul 15 |
Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake |
Jul 15 |
A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport. |
Jul 17 |
230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of NYC |
Jul 17 |
Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves |
Jul 17 |
TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board. |
Jul 18 |
Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Québec's costliest natural disasters ever. |
Jul 18 |
The UN approves an Iraqi aid distribution plan, a major step forward in the direction of allowing Iraq to sell oil under Resolution 986 |
Jul 19 |
Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final |
Jul 19 |
Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire v Derbyshire |
Jul 19 |
XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta Georgia |
Jul 20 |
In Spain an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35 |
Jul 21 |
125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham |
Jul 21 |
Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic |
Jul 21 |
Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with NY Rangers |
Jul 25 |
Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs United States |
Jul 27 |
Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured |
Jul 27 |
David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs |
Jul 28 |
NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR |
Jul 28 |
Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic |
Jul 28 |
Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington. |
Jul 29 |
The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court. |
Jul 30 |
Tommy Lasoda retires as LA Dodger manager |
Aug 1 |
M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched |
Aug 3 |
US General William F. Garrison accepts responsibility for outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and retires from military service. |
Aug 4 |
24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies |
Aug 4 |
26th Olympic games closes at Atlanta, Georgia |
Aug 4 |
J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, & N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame |
Aug 5 |
Dallas Cowboys play KC Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico |
Aug 6 |
Korean Air Flight 801 crashes in the United States territory of Guam, killing 228 people |
Aug 6 |
NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars (ALH84001) |
Aug 6 |
George R.R. Martin publishes the epic fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire" |
Aug 6 |
US President Bill Clinton signs a new bill imposing sanctions on non-US companies which invest over $40 million a year in the energy sectors of Iran or Libya |
Aug 10 |
Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate |
Aug 10 |
Dare & Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 |
Aug 10 |
Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex |
Aug 10 |
Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24 |
Aug 11 |
"Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 32 performs |
Aug 11 |
78th PGA Championship: Mark Brooks shoots a 277 at Vallhalla GC KY |
Aug 11 |
Emilee Klein wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship |
Aug 12 |
"Breakfast on Fox" premieres |
Aug 13 |
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 |
Aug 17 |
Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit |
Aug 18 |
Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open |
Aug 18 |
Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in NYC |
Aug 19 |
The major South African political parties begin their submission to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) |
Aug 20 |
India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's |
Aug 21 |
"Hughie" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC |
Aug 21 |
Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA |
Aug 21 |
Netscape Browser 3.0 is released |
Aug 21 |
In Venezuela, a subsidiary of state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), Corpoven, signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based ARCO |
Aug 22 |
ANC makes its first submission to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) |
Aug 23 |
Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.' |
Aug 25 |
96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods |
Aug 25 |
Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic |
Aug 26 |
President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy |
Aug 26 |
"7th Heaven", starring Jessica Biel, debuts on The WB |
Aug 27 |
Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Detroit Red Wings to the Tampa Bay Lightning |
Aug 28 |
Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex |
Aug 29 |
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. |
Sep 1 |
Balt Ravens (Cleveland Browns) 1st NFL game, beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14 |
Sep 2 |
Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000 |
Sep 2 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic |
Sep 2 |
Soyuz TM-24, lands |
Sep 2 |
A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace. |
Sep 3 |
Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime) |
Sep 4 |
13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett & Smashing Pumpkins wins |
Sep 5 |
"Summer & Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater NYC |
Sep 5 |
MTV Video Music Awards |
Sep 5 |
Following US cruise missile strikes on Iraq, crude oil prices rise as the market speculates when Iraq will begin exporting oil under UN Resolution 986 |
Sep 6 |
Balt Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career HR |
Sep 7 |
Rap artist Tupac Shahur shot multiple times in drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later |
Sep 8 |
"7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC |
Sep 8 |
110th US Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (7-5 6-4) |
Sep 8 |
116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76) |
Sep 8 |
48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker win |
Sep 8 |
Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title |
Sep 8 |
Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship |
Sep 8 |
Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo |
Sep 11 |
Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad. |
Sep 13 |
Phil Simmons scores 171 & takes 6-14 for Leics v Durham |
Sep 14 |
As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season |
Sep 14 |
Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent v Hampshire |
Sep 14 |
NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher |
Sep 14 |
Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997 |
Sep 15 |
2nd Presidents Golf Cup: US beats Intl team 16½-15½ at Robert Jones Va |
Sep 15 |
Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final |
Sep 15 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
Sep 15 |
Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34 |
Sep 16 |
1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto |
Sep 16 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City FL on WTBB 97.7 FM |
Sep 16 |
Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits |
Sep 16 |
Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space |
Sep 17 |
Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colo Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field |
Sep 18 |
Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts |
Sep 19 |
"Skylight" opens at Royale Theater NYC |
Sep 22 |
4th Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 17-11 at St Pierre Wales |
Sep 23 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre PA (WZMT 97.9 FM) |
Sep 23 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach FL (WCLB 95.5 FM) |
Sep 24 |
U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. |
Sep 25 |
The last of the Magdalen Asylums closes in Ireland. |
Sep 26 |
SF Giant Bobby Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases |
Sep 26 |
Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands |
Sep 27 |
Balt Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck |
Sep 27 |
In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. |
Sep 27 |
The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil. |
Sep 28 |
1st ODI played in Kenya between home team & Sri Lanka |
Sep 28 |
Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear |
Sep 28 |
NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask |
Sep 28 |
Nebraska & Penn State are 5th & 6th major colleges to win 700 |
Sep 28 |
Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump |
Sep 28 |
Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama) |
Sep 29 |
"Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC |
Sep 29 |
34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0) |
Sep 29 |
Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour (Houston Texas) |
Sep 29 |
Balt Orioles end season with record 257 HRs |
Sep 29 |
Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34 |
Sep 29 |
Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) |
Sep 29 |
Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs |
Sep 29 |
SD Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title |
Sep 29 |
Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic |
Sep 29 |
US wins Federation Cup over Spain |
Oct 2 |
30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks & Dunn win |
Oct 3 |
Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field |
Oct 4 |
BPAA US Bowling Open by Dave Husted |
Oct 4 |
BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson |
Oct 4 |
Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan v Sri Lanka |
Oct 5 |
Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
Oct 5 |
Cleve Indians strike out 23 Balt Orioles in 12 inn playoff game |
Oct 5 |
NY Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits HRs in a post season game |
Oct 6 |
Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate |
Oct 6 |
Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
Oct 6 |
Lois & Clark (fictional characters) wed |
Oct 6 |
NY Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals |
Oct 9 |
Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback |
Oct 10 |
"Sex & Longing" opens at Cort Theater NYC |
Oct 10 |
Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in NYC |
Oct 11 |
Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million |
Oct 13 |
"Big" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances |
Oct 13 |
Annika Sorenstam wins Betsy King LPGA Golf Classic |
Oct 13 |
NY Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 |
Oct 13 |
Yanks (3) & Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 HRs |
Oct 14 |
Braves blow out St Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game |
Oct 14 |
Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010) |
Oct 14 |
Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yds) |
Oct 16 |
Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. |
Oct 17 |
"Taking Sides," opens at Atkinson Theater NYC |
Oct 19 |
Braves beat NY Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series |
Oct 20 |
"Summer & Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater NYC |
Oct 20 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf |
Oct 20 |
Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series |
Oct 20 |
Wasim Akram & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt |
Oct 20 |
Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 v Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes |
Oct 22 |
NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) |
Oct 23 |
NY Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win |
Oct 24 |
Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days |
Oct 24 |
Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) |
Oct 25 |
Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant |
Oct 26 |
Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine |
Oct 27 |
US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament |
Oct 28 |
Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever |
Oct 30 |
Exxon confirms that it is in talks with state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation concerning the application of new technology to convert natural gas to petroleum products |
Oct 31 |
Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAM) Flight 402, a Fokker F100, crashes into several houses in São Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground. |
Nov 2 |
"Hughie" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC |
Nov 3 |
"It's a Slippery Slope" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC |
Nov 3 |
26th NYC Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 |
Nov 3 |
27th NYC Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 |
Nov 3 |
Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
Nov 3 |
Toray Japan Queens Cup |
Nov 5 |
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of |
Nov 6 |
LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year |
Nov 7 |
"3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC |
Nov 7 |
NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times |
Nov 7 |
Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra |
Nov 11 |
Braves' John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award |
Nov 12 |
Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award |
Nov 13 |
"Three Sisters" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC |
Nov 13 |
Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime) |
Nov 13 |
Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP |
Nov 14 |
"Chicago" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC |
Nov 14 |
Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP |
Nov 15 |
"Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 perfs |
Nov 16 |
"Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 perfs |
Nov 16 |
18th ACE Cable Awards: Lifetime wins the Golden CableACE for "Lifetime Applauds: The Fight Against Breast Cancer" |
Nov 17 |
"Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC |
Nov 17 |
Sam's Town Bowling Invitational |
Nov 17 |
Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia |
Nov 18 |
Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder |
Nov 19 |
"God Said, Ha!," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 22 performances |
Nov 19 |
"Sex & Longing" closes at Cort Theater NYC |
Nov 19 |
Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox |
Nov 19 |
Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space |
Nov 19 |
The case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial. |
Nov 19 |
Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire. |
Nov 19 |
The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge, joining Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island and Cape Jourimain, New-Brunswick is completed and becomes the longest bridge over ice covered waters in the world |
Nov 21 |
"Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater NYC |
Nov 21 |
A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33. |
Nov 22 |
OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" |
Nov 23 |
Irene Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World |
Nov 23 |
The Republic of Angola officially joins the World Trade Organization. |
Nov 24 |
"Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC |
Nov 24 |
84th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton |
Nov 24 |
Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship |
Nov 24 |
Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup |
Nov 24 |
Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore |
Nov 24 |
Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship |
Nov 25 |
After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends |
Nov 26 |
Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4 |
Nov 26 |
Colbert, Floyd & Irwin win Wendy's Senior 3 Tour Golf Challenge |
Nov 26 |
Couples, Davies, Sheehan & Sorenstam win Wendy's Lady's 3 Tour Golf |
Nov 26 |
Couples, Love & Stewart win Wendy's Men's 3 Tour Golf Challenge |
Dec 1 |
85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) |
Dec 1 |
Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India |
Dec 4 |
7th Billboard Music Awards: Alanis Morissette win |
Dec 4 |
NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral |
Dec 4 |
Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57 |
Dec 5 |
"Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC |
Dec 5 |
Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement |
Dec 5 |
Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player |
Dec 6 |
Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match |
Dec 7 |
Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands |
Dec 8 |
"God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 22 performances |
Dec 8 |
Donna Andrews & Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
Dec 10 |
Rwandan Genocide: Military advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down. |
Dec 12 |
Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain) |
Dec 12 |
Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou |
Dec 13 |
Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays |
Dec 13 |
Kofi Annan is elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations. |
Dec 14 |
12th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
Dec 14 |
62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB) |
Dec 15 |
Dottie Pepper & Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches |
Dec 15 |
Jim Colbert & Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches |
Dec 15 |
Tom Lehman & Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches |
Dec 18 |
Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England |
Dec 18 |
US TV industry execs agree to adopt a ratings system |
Dec 18 |
The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect. |
Dec 18 |
During a press conference, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Maleki states that Iran supports the free flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, but reserves the option of closing off the shipping route if it is threatened |
Dec 19 |
"Once Upon a Matress" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 187 performances |
Dec 20 |
The horror classic "Scream", starring Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox, is released |
Dec 21 |
Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning |
Dec 22 |
Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD |
Dec 22 |
Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge |
Dec 22 |
Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with Eng need 1 to win |
Dec 23 |
4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history |
Dec 26 |
Start of the largest strike in South Korean history. |
Dec 26 |
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification goes into force. |
Dec 26 |
Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. |
Dec 27 |
Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21 |
Dec 27 |
Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul. |
Dec 28 |
India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning |
Dec 29 |
"Dreams & Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC |
Dec 29 |
"Skylight" closes at Royale Theater NYC after |
Dec 29 |
"Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC |
Dec 30 |
Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel. |
Dec 30 |
UN announces that a total of 21 contracts have been approved for the limited Iraqi oil sales under Resolution 986 |
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