May 1996 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1996 Ideal Husband opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
• 03 May 1996 Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 first wickett Yorks versus Glam.
• 04 May 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel.
• 05 May 1996 Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore closes at Belasco after 12 performances
• 06 May 1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
• 07 May 1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
• 08 May 1996 New York Yankees' pitcher Dwight Gooden wins his first American League game beating Detroit Tigers 10-3.
• 09 May 1996 South Africa's National Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the African National Congress assumes full political control.
• 10 May 1996 Twister premieres
• 11 May 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
• 12 May 1996 Inherit the Wind closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
• 13 May 1996 OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict.
• 14 May 1996 New York Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0.
• 15 May 1996 Nine hostages held by the Free Papua Organization in Irian Jaya are rescued after an operation by the Indonesian military; two other hostages are later found dead.
• 16 May 1996 Sammy Sosa is first Chicago Cubs player to hit two homeruns in one inning.
• 17 May 1996 Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe.
• 18 May 1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner.
• 19 May 1996 STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
• 20 May 1996 Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
• 21 May 1996 Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York
• 22 May 1996 Tartuffe: Born Again, opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 29 performances
• 23 May 1996 Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
• 24 May 1996 Spy Hard, starring Leslie Nielsen is released
• 25 May 1996 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American.
• 26 May 1996 Laura Davies wins J C Penney / LPGA Skins Golf Game
• 28 May 1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
• 29 May 1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands.
• 30 May 1996 69th US National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling "vivisepulture".
• 31 May 1996 Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures.

Famous Birthday

• Martin Garrix

  Musician.

• Birdy (musician)
• Normani Kordei
• Mary Mouser

  TV Actress.

• Faker (video gamer)
• McKaley Miller
• Violett Beane
• Caroline Costa

  Pop Singer.

• Sarah Grey
• Kim Jae-hwan (singer)
• Katharina Althaus
• Gio Volpe

  Vine Star.

• Jackie Cole

  Pop Singer.

• Kaleidow

  YouTube Star.

• Tyus Jones

  Basketball Player.

• Collins Key

  Magician.

• Cam Benson

  Vine Star.

• Matthew Eappen

  American baby who died 2/09/1997 shortly before 11:00 AM, allegedly killed by Louise Woodward, an English teenager who was caring for him.

• Lucas Castel

  YouTube Star.

• Sam King

  YouTube Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Timothy Leary

  American professor, guru of the 1960's drug culture who coined the phrase, "Turn on, tune in, drop out.

• Tamara Toumanova

  Russian-American ballerina and actress (d. 1996).

• Frank Hercules

  Writer, dies at 85.

• Malcolm MacEwen

  Writer, dies at 84.

• Edqard John Gurney

  Politician, dies at 82.

• Qazaleh Alizadeh

  Writer, dies at 48.

• Margaret Rawlings

  Actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89.

• Laurence Marks

  Journalist, dies at 67.

• George Malcolm Thomson

  Journalist, dies at 96.

• Jack Wyngaard

  Dancer, dies at 37.

• John Pertwee

  Actor (Dr Who), dies at 76.

• Al "Lash" La Rue

  Cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78.

• Mary Perot Nichols

  Journalist, dies at 79.

• Buck

  Dog (Married with Children), dies at 13.

• David W Howe

  Test pilot, dies at 77.

• Vera Chapman

  Writer, dies at 98.

• Pud Brown

  Jazz musician, dies at 79.

• John "Jack" Layden

  Local politician, dies at 70.

• Jeremy Sinden

  Actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45.

• Joan Thirkettle

  Journalist, dies at 48.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
2. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
3. Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
4. Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
5. Alanis Morissette - Ironic

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. George Michael - Fastlove
2. Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
3. Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit
4. Fugees - Killing Me Softly
5. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack