February 1996 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1996 The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• 02 Feb 1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA.
• 03 Feb 1996 The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China.
• 04 Feb 1996 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13.
• 06 Feb 1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
• 07 Feb 1996 René Préval succeeds Jean-Bertrand Aristide as President of Haiti, in the first peaceful handover of power since the nation achieved independence 192 years earlier; in 1804.
• 08 Feb 1996 The massive Internet collaboration ''24 Hours in Cyberspace'' takes place.
• 09 Feb 1996 WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
• 10 Feb 1996 IBM's chess computer "Deep Blue" defeats world chess champion Gary Kasparov in the first game of a regulation six-game match.
• 11 Feb 1996 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio.
• 13 Feb 1996 Howard Stern announces he will be making the film Private Parts
• 14 Feb 1996 Violent clashes erupt between Filipino soldiers and Vietnamese boat people, as the Philippines government attempts to forcibly repatriate hundreds of Vietnamese asylum seekers.
• 15 Feb 1996 At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
• 16 Feb 1996 1996 Maryland train collision: A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
• 17 Feb 1996 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
• 18 Feb 1996 Daytona 500 race
• 19 Feb 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York PA on WQXA 105.7 FM
• 21 Feb 1996 Soyuz TM-23 launched into orbit.
• 22 Feb 1996 Bus Stop opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 29 performances
• 23 Feb 1996 Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup versus Kenya, 207 with brother Steve.
• 24 Feb 1996 Cuba downs two US planes.
• 25 Feb 1996 Father closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 52 performances
• 26 Feb 1996 Silicon Graphics makes a cash tender offer of US$30 per share for 75 percent of Cray Research stock, for a total cost of US$576 million. The merger is expected to be completed by June.
• 27 Feb 1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India.
• 28 Feb 1996 38th Grammy Awards: "Jagged Little Pill" - Alanis Morisette wins.
• 29 Feb 1996 Soyuz TM-23, lands

Famous Birthday

• Sophie Turner (actress)
• Sasha Pieterse

  South African/American actress.

• Kelli Berglund

  TV Actress.

• Christina Parie

  Australian singer-songwriter.

• Rahart Adams

  TV Actor.

• Doyoung
• Ten (singer)
• Daniil Medvedev
• Dionne Bromfield

  Soul Singer.

• Adam Tichopad

  YouTube Star.

• Rhaea Estelle

  YouTube Star.

• Matt Watson

  Entrepreneur.

• Rickey Thompson

  Vine Star.

• Dalton Rapattoni

  Pop Singer.

• reunification Mostar

  Reunification of the city, general freedom.

• Taylor Caniff

  Vine Star.

• Askylitavenue

  YouTube Star.

• India Westbrooks

  Blogger.

• SGCBarbierian

  YouTube Star.

• Shereen Jenkins

  Vine Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Gene Kelly

  American actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at age 83 (born 1912).

• Gene Kelly

  American actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at age 83 (born 1912).

• Martin Balsam

  American actor onstage from 1935.

• Guy Madison

  American actor who played the title role in "Wild Bill Hickock" on both radio and the TV series.

• Brian Daley

  American sci-fi writer whose first novel, "The Doomfarers of Coramonde" was published in 1977.

• McLean Stevenson

  American actor, nominated for three successive Emmy’s, and winner of a Golden Globe in 1973.

• Haing S Ngor

  Doctor / actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45.

• Gianandrea Gavazzeni

  Italian conductor, composer and artistic director of the Milano Scala, 1966-'68 as well as permanent guest conductor.

• Audrey Meadows

  American actress (Alice - The Honeymooners), dies at 69 (born 1926).

• Brownie McGhee

  American blues guitarist, dies at age 81 (born 1915).

• Toru Takemitsu

  Japanese composer, dies at age 65 (born 1930).

• Francois Chaumette

  Actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72.

• Margaret Courtenay

  Actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72.

• Joe Minogue

  Journalist, dies at 72.

• Audrey Angers

  Charity pioneer.

• Vehbi Koc

  Indistrialist / philanthropist, dies at 94.

• Caroline Blackwood

  Writer, dies at 64.

• Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya

  Writer, dies at 88.

• Jeffrey Kindersley Quill

  Test pilot, dies at 83.

• Edmund G ''Pat'' Brown

  Governor of California (Born 1905).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
2. Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
3. Everything But The Girl - Missing
4. Mary J. Blige - Not Gon' Cry
5. Brandy - Sittin' Up In My Room

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
2. Robert Miles - Children
3. 3T - Anything
4. Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
5. The Bluetones - Slight Return