June 1996 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1996 MTV Movie Awards
• 02 Jun 1996 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win
• 04 Jun 1996 The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 20 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
• 05 Jun 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis TN on WMFS 92.9 FM
• 06 Jun 1996 Leighton W. Smith, Jr. resigns as NATO commander in the face of increasing criticism.
• 07 Jun 1996 Julia and Noah wed on All My Children
• 08 Jun 1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario
• 09 Jun 1996 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich
• 10 Jun 1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
• 11 Jun 1996 Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US Senate to run for President
• 12 Jun 1996 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet
• 13 Jun 1996 Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days
• 14 Jun 1996 Cable Guy starring Jim Carrey is released
• 15 Jun 1996 The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.
• 16 Jun 1996 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland
• 17 Jun 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM
• 18 Jun 1996 Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
• 19 Jun 1996 Boris Yeltsin emerges as the winner in Russia's first round of presidential elections.
• 20 Jun 1996 Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), launches into space
• 22 Jun 1996 Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title
• 23 Jun 1996 Tartuffe: Born Again closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 29 performances
• 25 Jun 1996 The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills nineteen U.S. servicemen.
• 26 Jun 1996 Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
• 28 Jun 1996 Nutty Professor, starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA
• 29 Jun 1996 An explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 36 people and injures 52 others.
• 30 Jun 1996 Buried Child closes at Brook Atkinson Theater NYC after 77 performances

Famous Birthday

• Lauren Jauregui

  Pop Singer.

• Tom Holland (actor)
• Claudia Lee

  Actress.

• Lele Pons

  Entertainer.

• Kingsley Coman

  French soccer player born to parents coming from Guadeloupe, playing for Bayern Munich and the French natioal team.

• Charlie Tahan

  Movie Actor.

• Alen Halilovic
• Sarah Bismuth
• Tom Holland

  Movie Actor.

• Chase Chrisley

  Reality Star.

• Chris Dixon

  YouTube Star.

• Zac Vran

  Dancer.

• Ryan Robertson

  Pop Singer.

• FIFAManny

  YouTube Star.

• Wolftyla

  R&B Singer.

• Charlie Jones

  British actor.

• Remi Baker

  Instagram Star.

• Alissa Violet

  Vine Star.

• MrWilliamo

  YouTube Star.

• Brandon Lee

  American noted family, first son of Pamela Anderson Lee and her husband, drummer, Tommy Lee.

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Famous Deaths

• Margaux Hemingway

  American fashion model, actress, and member of noted family.

• Margaux Hemingway

  American fashion model, actress, and member of noted family.

• Veronica Guerin

  Irish journalist (Born 1958).

• Pamela Mason

  American minor actress whose films included "I Met A Murderer," "The Upturned Glass," "Lady Possessed" and whose TV credits featured "The...

• Jo Van Fleet

  Actress (Seize the Day, Cinderella), dies at 75.

• Albert R Broccoli

  American film producer (Born 1909).

• Leon Garield

  Writer, dies at 74.

• Stephen Jones

  Art historian, dies at 41.

• Fernand Schokweiler

  Judge, dies at 60.

• Jean Sinclair

  Teacher / campaigner, dies at 88.

• Richard Michael Hills

  Comedy script writer, dies at 70.

• [Francis] Max Factor Jr

  Makeup inventor, dies at 91.

• Jose Maria Valverde

  Philosopher Poet / translator, dies at 70.

• Noel Walton Bott

  Engineer, dies at 88.

• Glyn Worsnip

  Broadcaster, dies at 57.

• Robert Arthur Hughes

  Missionary / surgeon, dies at 85.

• Edward Morris Bernstein

  Economist, dies at 91.

• Phyllis Stedman

  Politician, dies at 79.

• Walter Pardon

  Carpenter / traditional singer, dies at 81.

• Baldev Singh Chahal

  Campaigner, dies at 59.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
2. Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
3. Toni Braxton - You're Makin' Me High
4. Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
5. Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
2. Fugees - Killing Me Softly
3. Underworld - Born Slippy
4. Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl
5. Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me