December 1996 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1996 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2).
• 02 Dec 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
• 04 Dec 1996 7th Billboard Music Awards
• 05 Dec 1996 Dreams & Nightmares, opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
• 06 Dec 1996 Mashonaland defeats England in first-class tour match.
• 07 Dec 1996 Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21) lands.
• 08 Dec 1996 God Said, Ha! closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 22 performances
• 09 Dec 1996 Jerry Rawlings is reelected president of Ghana.
• 11 Dec 1996 Tung Chee Hwa is appointed to become the new leader of Hong Kong after it reverts to Chinese rule in 1997.
• 12 Dec 1996 Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt.
• 13 Dec 1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays.
• 14 Dec 1996 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards
• 15 Dec 1996 A ski lift accident in the Swiss resort of Riederalp leaves one dead and 18 injured.
• 17 Dec 1996 At the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the "Option Red" supercomputer is started up, performing one trillion floating-point operations per second, making it the fastest computer in the world. The US$55 million computer uses 9072 Intel Pentium Pro processors with 600 GB memory and 2 terabyte disc storage.
• 18 Dec 1996 American TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system.
• 19 Dec 1996 Once Upon a Matress, opens at Broadhurst NYC for 187 performances
• 20 Dec 1996 Apple Computer announces it will buy the NeXT Software company for about US$400 million in cash and Apple stock. NeXT Software CEO Steve Jobs will become an advisor to Apple chairman and CEO Gilbert Amelio.
• 21 Dec 1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning.
• 25 Dec 1996 Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado.
• 26 Dec 1996 Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
• 27 Dec 1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21.
• 29 Dec 1996 Dreams & Nightmares closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
• 30 Dec 1996 Lew Ayres, American screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at age 88 (born 1908).
• 31 Dec 1996 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U.S. history.

Famous Birthday

• Hailee Steinfeld

  Movie Actress.

• Stefanie Scott

  TV Actress.

• Kaitlyn Dever

  TV Actress.

• Jack Griffo

  TV Actor.

• Dylan Minnette

  TV Actor.

• Morgan Eastwood

  American noted family, the daughter of Clint Eastwood, 66, and his second wife, Dina Ruiz, 31, a healthy 8 lb 4 oz, born by a natural...

• Atanas Kolev (rapper)
• Thomas Doret
• Sana (singer)
• Kyle McVea

  Pop Singer.

• Emily Glazer
• Deji Olatunji

  YouTube Star.

• Michael Murphy

  TV Actor.

• Aleisha McDonald

  YouTube Star.

• Motoki Maxted

  YouTube Star.

• Mitchel Cave

  YouTube Star.

• Dan Lewis

  Pop Singer.

• Kellie Sweet

  YouTube Star.

• Teala Dunn

  Movie Actress.

• Jeremy Shayne

  Pop Singer.

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Famous Deaths

• JonBenet Ramsey

  American homicide victim, one of the most famous and frustrating cases of the '90s.

• Carl Sagan

  American astronomer, astrophysicist, exobiologist, educator, and popular celebrity.

• Rina Ketty

  Italian-French singer (d. 1996).

• Pete Rozelle

  American sport publicist for the USF before he became the Los Angeles Rams publicist in 1957.

• Alain Poher

  French politician, speaker of the French Senate for 24 years and twice the country's interim president.

• Vance Packard

  American writer, a journalist, magazine staff member and author who was often ahead of scientists in his analysis of trends and future...

• Gaston Miron

  French-Canadian poet and editor (Born 1928).

• Jack Nance

  American actor who appeared in much of David Lynch's work, including the starring role in his dark classic, 'Eraserhead', and a recurring...

• Robert Morris

  American artist, sculptor, painter in the minimalist style.

• John Duffey

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene) (d. 1996).

• Anne Bolt

  Photo-journalist / trade unionist, dies at 84.

• Mae Barnes

  Singer, dies at 89.

• Joe Coral

  Bookmaker, dies at 92.

• Roger Peacock)

  Writer, dies at 76.

• Cao Yu

  Dramatist, dies at 86.

• Howard E Rollins Jr

  Actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46.

• Det Glynn

  Teacher / anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84.

• Vance Oakley Packard

  Writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at 82.

• Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison

  Politician, dies at 89.

• Jack Perry

  Businessman, dies at 81.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. BLACKstreet - No Diggity
2. Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
3. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
4. Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
5. Keith Sweat - Nobody

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away
2. The Prodigy - Breathe
3. Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler - One And One
4. Boyzone - A Different Beat
5. The Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There