Wednesday January 03, 1996
US date format: 1/3/1996, UK date format: 3/1/1996
It was Wednesday, under the sign of Capricorn (see birth chart on January 3, 1996). The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.
Famous people born on this day include Xycron and Jessica Marble.
In that special week of January people in US were listening to One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey.
In UK Earth Song by Michael Jackson was in the top 5 hits.
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, directed by Paris Barclay, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1996
while Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Copycat.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Complete Onside Soccer or Afterlife.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of January 03, 1996?
Holidays
- The tenth night and ninth day of Christmas in Western Christianity
- The Festival of Sleep Day
- In astronomy the best date to view the Quadrantids meteor shower.
- Roman Empire - Festival in honour of Pax
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Events
- Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone at that time.
Famous Birthday
- Xycron : YouTube Star.
- Jessica Marble: YouTube Star.
- Cassidy Shaffer: TV Actress.
Famous Deaths
- Geoffrey Pardoe: engineer, dies at age 67.
- Terence Tenison Cuneo: artist, dies at age 88.
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Directed by: Paris Barclay
Starring: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Country: United States of America
Cadillac Ranch
Directed by: Lisa Gottlieb
Starring: Jim Metzler, Joe Stevens, Bill Wise, Ashley Coe
Bio-Dome
Directed by: Jason Bloom
Starring: Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, William Atherton, Denise Dowse
Playback
Directed by: Oley Sassone
Starring: George Hamilton, Tawny Kitaen, Shannon Whirry, Harry Dean Stanton
Feast of July
Directed by: Christopher Menaul
Starring: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, Gemma Jones, James Purefoy
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of January 03, 1996?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
Top #11 songs in the UK
- Michael Jackson - Earth Song
- Boyzone - Father And Son
- The Prodigy - Breathe
- George Michael - Jesus To A Child
- Baby D - So Pure
- Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One And One
- Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away
- Everything But The Girl - Missing
- Boyzone - A Different Beat
- Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
- Oasis - Wonderwall
Top #4 R&B songs
- Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (From "Waiting To Exhale")
- Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day
- Monica - Before You Walk Out Of My Life/Like This And Like That
- LL Cool J - Hey Lover
Sport Games on January 03, 1996
NBA
American Basketball- Detroit Pistons - Milwaukee Bucks : 82 - 96
- Houston Rockets - Chicago Bulls : 86 - 100
- Indiana Pacers - Los Angeles Clippers : 110 - 94
- Philadelphia 76ers - Golden State Warriors : 111 - 122
- Portland Trail Blazers - Boston Celtics : 114 - 110
La Liga Primera Division
Football (Spain)- Albacete - Sociedad : 3 - 5
- Ath Bilbao - Zaragoza : 1 - 0
- Betis - Celta : 0 - 3
- Compostela - Sp Gijon : 1 - 0
- Oviedo - La Coruna : 0 - 2
Le Championnat
Football (France)- Montpellier - Metz : 1 - 2
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Copycat
Directed by: Jon Amiel
Kicking & Screaming
Directed by: nbcu
Goosebumps
Directed by: Rob Letterman
Shooting Gallery
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
The Thin Blue Line
Directed by: Errol Morris
Days to next January 03
If January 03, 1996 is your birthday you're 24 years, 8 months, 21 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 3 months, 10 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in January 1996?
- LIFE: Year In Pictures
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Newt Gingrich, Man of the Year -- Dec. 25, 1995
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.11174
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.307308
- Wired: Wired - January, 1996
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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Memnoch the Devil
By: Anne Rice
"STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING."--New York Daily News"Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. .
The Christmas Box
By: Richard Paul Evans
A special anniversary edition of the unforgettable Christmas classic that has touched the hearts of millions of readers: “the most popular holiday tale since Tiny Tim” (Newsweek).Since
Silent Night
By: Mary Higgins Clark
In New York with his mother and brother to be with their father, who is undergoing treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a young boy watches a woman steal his mother's wallet and ventures into the city's dangerous subway system …
Coming Home
By: Rosamunde Pilcher
Against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this involving story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and …
The Runaway Jury
By: John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThey are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict.
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
Dinosaur Safari
Persona
Die Hard Arcade
Complete Onside Soccer
Afterlife
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