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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 1996.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on October 1996: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1996?


Events

  • 01 Oct 1996 Yasser Arafat and Benjamin Netanyahu meet with US President Bill Clinton in Washington DC.
  • 02 Oct 1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win
  • 03 Oct 1996 Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field
  • 04 Oct 1996 BPAA US Bowling Open by Dave Husted
  • 05 Oct 1996 Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
  • 06 Oct 1996 Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate
  • 07 Oct 1996 President Bill Clinton wins the first TV debate with Republican rival Bob Dole.
  • 08 Oct 1996 Irish Republican Army terrorists plant bombs at a heavily secured British army base south-west of Belfast: 31 soldiers and civilians are injured.
  • 10 Oct 1996 Sex & Longing opens at Cort Theater, New York City
  • 11 Oct 1996 Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million
  • 13 Oct 1996 Big, closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 193 performances
  • 14 Oct 1996 Braves blow out St. Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
  • 15 Oct 1996 Several large strikes begin in various industries across Belgium in protest to the dismissal of the magistrate Jean-Marc Connerotte by the Supreme Court.
  • 16 Oct 1996 Eighty-four people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.
  • 17 Oct 1996 Taking Sides, opens at Atkinson Theater, New York City
  • 19 Oct 1996 Braves beat the New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
  • 20 Oct 1996 Summer & Smoke closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
  • 22 Oct 1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
  • 23 Oct 1996 New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win
  • 24 Oct 1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win
  • 25 Oct 1996 Frank, Brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
  • 26 Oct 1996 The New York Yankees win the World Series for the first time since 1978, defeating the Atlanta Braves 3–2 to win the series in 6 games.
  • 31 Oct 1996 A Fokker F100 operating as TAM Transportes Aereos Regionais Flight 402 crashes into several houses in Sao Paulo, Brazil killing 98 including 2 on the ground.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in October 1996?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
  2. - I Love You Always Forever
  3. - It's All Coming Back To Me Now
  4. - No Diggity
  5. - Twisted

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Breakfast At Tiffany's
  2. - Say You'll Be There
  3. - Words
  4. - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
  5. - It's All Coming Back To Me Now

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Two Fat Ladies

Two Fat Ladies

Release year: 1996

Starring: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Jennifer Paterson

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Staying Alive

Staying Alive

Release year: 1996

Directed by: Sylvester Stallone

Maachis

Maachis

Release year: 1996

Directed by: Gulzar

Starring: Om Puri, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Kanwaljit Singh

Out of Sight

Out of Sight

Release year: 1996

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

The English Patient

The English Patient

Release year: 1996

Directed by: Anthony Minghella

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in October 1996?
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The Run Of His Life by Jeffrey Toobin

The Run Of His Life

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This was the inspiration for American Crime Story, which aired on FX and starred Cuba Gooding Jr.

The Laws of Our Fathers by Scott Turow

The Laws of Our Fathers

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A random drive-by shooting kills a woman in Kindle County. This woman is the ex-wife a prominent senator, and an old friend of Judge Sonia Klonsky on whose desk this case was filed.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

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Stella Payne, forty-two years old, is divorced, an investment analyst of high power, and a mother to Quincy, eleven years old. She does it all, and she's not able to do it. This includes Little League carpool duties, portfolio analysis, …

The Last Don by Mario Puzo

The Last Don

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The story of America's last great Mafia Family and its influence on Hollywood and Las Vegas is a masterful tale by the author of The Godfather The Last Don. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise, ruthless old man determined to establish …

All Too Human by Edward Klein

All Too Human

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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, John Fitzgerald Kennedy captured the imaginations of nations from the moment their names were connected. The inner workings behind the century's most influential people are revealed for the first time.