August 1996 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1996 Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 04 Aug 1996 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies
• 05 Aug 1996 Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico
• 06 Aug 1996 NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive lifeforms.
• 09 Aug 1996 Boris Yeltsin is sworn in at the Kremlin for a second term as President of Russia.
• 10 Aug 1996 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate
• 11 Aug 1996 Thousand Clowns, closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 32 performs
• 12 Aug 1996 Breakfast on Fox premieres
• 13 Aug 1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
• 14 Aug 1996 A rocket ignited during a fireworks display in Arequipa, Peru knocks down a high-tension power cable into a dense crowd, electrocuting 35 people.
• 15 Aug 1996 Bob Dole is nominated for President of the United States, and Jack Kemp for Vice President, at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.
• 16 Aug 1996 Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois. After a three year old boy falls into the deep gorilla enclosure, Binti Jua, a female silverback gorilla sits with the injured boy until his rescue. Video of the ape's actions make her world famous.
• 17 Aug 1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit
• 18 Aug 1996 The San Jose Mercury News publishes Gary Webb's three-part series on the Reagan CIA's role in crack cocaine importation to fund the Contras.
• 20 Aug 1996 A thousands-large protest in Seoul, calling for reunification with North Korea, is broken up by riot police.
• 21 Aug 1996 Hughie, opens at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
• 22 Aug 1996 Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
• 23 Aug 1996 Osama bin Laden allegedly writes "The Declaration of Jihad on the Americans Occupying the Country of the Two Sacred Places," his first open call for war.
• 24 Aug 1996 Microsoft releases Windows NT 4.0, with graphical user interface similar to that of Windows 95. The software comprises 16.5 million lines of code. Code-name during development was Cairo.
• 25 Aug 1996 96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
• 26 Aug 1996 Chun Doo-hwan is sentenced to death, after being found guilty of mutiny and treason.
• 28 Aug 1996 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex
• 29 Aug 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are re-nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
• 30 Aug 1996 The attempted raising of a 15-tonne section of the RMS Titanic fails, as 1,700 spectators, including survivors of the wreckage, watch.

Famous Birthday

• Stefanie Giesinger

  Instagram Star.

• Brianna Hildebrand

  Movie Actress.

• Simone Manuel

  Athlete.

• Liam James

  Movie Actor.

• Torri Webster

  TV Actress.

• Bahja Rodriguez

  Rapper.

• Cymphonique Miller

  Rapper.

• Francisco Brown

  Brazilian noted family, the son of Helena Buarque (son of the Chico) and of Carlinhos Brown, was born with 3,60 kg and 51 cm.

• Tion Phipps

  R&B Singer.

• Vanessa Merrell

  YouTube Star.

• Hunter Fieri

  Family Member.

• Vince Kowalski

  Instagram Star.

• Diego Navarrette

  YouNow Star.

• Carrie Wampler

  TV Actress.

• Sophia Stallone

  American noted family, the daughter of Sylvester Stallone and his companion, Jennifer Flavin; 7 lbs.

• Cami Branson

  Cheerleader.

• Maverick Burnett

  Bassist.

• Veronica Merrell

  YouTube Star.

• Madison Axford

  YouTube Star.

• Shamari Maurice

  TV Actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Baba Vanga

  Macedonian-born Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (Born 1911).

• Frida Boccara

  French singer of Italian descent.

• Christine Pascal

  French actress and stage director.

• Louise Brown

  British child, the world's first test-tube baby, born by Caesarean section.

• Greg Morris

  American actor, star of "Mission Impossible" TV series 1966-73 and "Vega$," 1979-81.

• Sergiu Celibidache

  Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996).

• Michel Debre

  Prime Minister of France in (1959-62).

• Humphrey Fisher

  TV Producer, dies at 72.

• John Lanigan

  Tenor, dies at 75.

• Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu

  Politician, dies at 72.

• Bruce Howard Lidington

  Actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses), dies at 46.

• Frank Ulrich Marcus

  Playwright / critic, dies at 68.

• Buland Al Haidary

  Poet, dies at 69.

• Hernan Siles Zuazo

  President of Bolivia (1956-60, 1982-85), dies at 82.

• Geoff Hamilton

  British gardener and broadcaster (Born 1936).

• Pierre Lucien Claverie

  Bishop of Oran, dies at 58.

• Anne Kristen

  Actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59.

• Richard Murphey Goodwin

  Economist, dies at 83.

• Peter Winter

  Naval commander, dies at 78.

• Guido Alberti

  Literary Patron / businessman, dies at 87.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
2. Toni Braxton - You're Makin' Me High
3. Keith Sweat - Twisted
4. Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever
5. 2 Pac - How Do U Want It

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Spice Girls - Wannabe
2. Fugees - Ready Or Not
3. Los Del Rio - Macarena
4. Peter Andre - Flava
5. Fugees - Killing Me Softly