March 1996 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1996 Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington and Shap England
• 02 Mar 1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
• 03 Mar 1996 26th Easter Seal Telethon
• 04 Mar 1996 A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
• 05 Mar 1996 Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 06 Mar 1996 10th American Comedy Award
• 07 Mar 1996 Magic Johnson is second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
• 08 Mar 1996 The People's Republic of China begins surface-to-surface missile testing and military exercises off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United States government condemns the act as provocation, and the Taiwanese government warns of retaliation.
• 09 Mar 1996 STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands
• 10 Mar 1996 New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel
• 11 Mar 1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 versus New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup.
• 12 Mar 1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy.
• 13 Mar 1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself
• 14 Mar 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham,
• 16 Mar 1996 Mike Tyson knocks out Frank Bruno in second round.
• 17 Mar 1996 Bus Stop closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 29 performances
• 18 Mar 1996 A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
• 19 Mar 1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage.
• 20 Mar 1996 Love Thy Neighbor, opens at Booth Theater, New York City
• 21 Mar 1996 Night of the Iguana opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances
• 22 Mar 1996 STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit.
• 23 Mar 1996 Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
• 24 Mar 1996 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins.
• 25 Mar 1996 68th Academy Awards - Braveheart, Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win
• 26 Mar 1996 Fire breaks out at the Pasar Anyar shopping centre in Bogor, West Java. The first death toll estimate is 78 until rescuers notice that 68 of them are mannequins.
• 27 Mar 1996 State Fair, opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 118 performances
• 28 Mar 1996 Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America.
• 29 Mar 1996 New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game.
• 30 Mar 1996 Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle
• 31 Mar 1996 Getting Away With Murder closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 performances

Famous Birthday

• Martin Chirac
• Taylor Marie Hill
• Madeline Carroll

  American actress.

• Rosabell Laurenti Sellers
• Connor Ball

  Bassist.

• Joe Weller

  YouTube Star.

• reunification Sarajevo

  Reunification of Sarajevo after the NATO had freed Bosnia.

• Alain Jérôme

  French journalist, television presenter and film producer.

• Carl Chiasson

  Vine Star.

• Kent Heckel

  YouTube Star.

• Taylor Hill

  Model.

• Ashley Surcombe

  YouTube Star.

• Austin Pamajewon

  YouTube Star.

• HoodiePanda

  YouTube Star.

• Novartis

  Fusion of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz to the new pharma concern: On 6 march 1996 few minutes before midnight Daniel Vassella and.

• Rafaella Beckran

  Family Member.

• Tyler Mizak

  TV Actor.

• Mario Bautista

  Vine Star.

• Maddy Harris

  YouTube Star.

• Codrin Bradea

  YouTube Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Krzysztof Kieslowski

  Polish film director, dies of heart attack at age 54 (born 1941).

• Odysseas Elytis

  Greek poet and critic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996).

• Don Murray

  American actor, a tall and rangy lead of stage and screen.

• David Packard

  American 6' 5" tall entrepreneur, government official and philanthropist.

• Claude Mauriac

  French author and journalist, eldest son of the author François Mauriac.

• Peter Mansfield

  English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate.

• Edmund Muskie

  American politician who served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1947-1951 and was the Democratic floor leader from 1949-1951.

• Ross Hunter

  American film producer and actor.

• John Krol

  American Ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic Cardinal who was a leading conservative who spoke out for nuclear disarmament and helped revamp the...

• Jeffrey Lee Pierce

  American musician (The Gun Club and The Cramps), dies at age 37 (born 1958).

• Claude Bourdet

  French writer, journalist, polemist, and militant politician.

• Ken Dibbs

  Actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78.

• Joseph Lee Pope

  Singer, dies at 62.

• Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey

  Soldier, dies at 95.

• Thomas Wakefield

  Writer, dies at 60.

• Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga

  Singer, dies at 66.

• Simon Cadell

  Actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at 45.

• Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord

  Journalist, dies at 76.

• Jay D Miller

  Record producer, dies at 73.

• Jacobo Majluta

  President of Dominican Republic (1982), dies at age 61.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
2. Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
3. Mary J. Blige - Not Gon' Cry
4. Brandy - Sittin' Up In My Room
5. Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Robert Miles - Children
2. The Prodigy - Firestarter
3. Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
4. Mark Snow - The X-Files
5. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger