Page 11: Historical Events In 1996

Sep 19   Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85 in the year 1996.   

Sep 20   Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Sep 21   In the year 1996 john F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, GA.   

Sep 21   In the year 1996 john Stachniewski, scholar/teacher, dies at 42   

Sep 22   In the year 1996 dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81   

Sep 23   In the year 1996 denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86   

Sep 24   Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 in the year 1996.   

Sep 25   Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid returned to earth after six months in orbit aboard the Russian space station Mir in the year 1996.   

Sep 27   On this day in history mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55   

Sep 28   Iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge on this day in history.   

Sep 28   On this day in history iron Road Railways, under the name Quebec Southern Railway commences operation over the following former CP lines in Quebec: Lennoxville - St-Jean Brookport - Wells River (VT) Farnham - Ste-Rosalie Jct Farnham - Stanbridge   

Sep 29   In the year 1996 endo Shusaku, Japanese writer (Sea & Poison/Silence), dies at 73   

Sep 30   In the year 1996 aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76   

Oct 01   The St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway is formed by merging the CP Rail routes in southern Ontario and Quebec with its Delaware and Hudson subsidiary in northern USA. The STLH name was first used about June 1 although the legal entity was not established until October 1 in the year 1996.   

Oct 02   Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58 in the year 1996.   

Oct 03   On this day in history denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65   

Oct 04   On this day in history martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43   

Oct 05   Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57 in the year 1996.   

Oct 07   Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 in the year 1996.   

Oct 09   Alan Charles Downes, cameraman, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80   

Oct 12   On this day in history linda Juster is married in Placentia California   

Oct 13   Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89 in the year 1996.   

Oct 14   On this day in history laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91   

Oct 15   Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 in the year 1996.   

Oct 19   In the year 1996 frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71   

Oct 20   On this day in history alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75   

Oct 21   In the year 1996 abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71   

Oct 22   Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history arleigh Albert Burke, US Admiral, dies at 94   

Jan 02   Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 in the year 1996.   

Jan 03   Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67 in the year 1996.   

Jan 04   In the year 1996 ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86 in the year 1996.   

Jan 06   In the year 1996 duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60   

Jan 07   James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 in the year 1996.