Page 11: Historical Events In 1996

Sep 19   In the year 1996 douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85   

Sep 20   Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82 in the year 1996.   

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

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

Sep 22   Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81 in the year 1996.   

Sep 23   On this day in history denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86   

Sep 24   Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Betty Phyllis Gathergood, curator, dies at 80 in the year 1996.   

Sep 26   In the year 1996 geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist, dies at 75   

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

Sep 27   Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55 in the year 1996.   

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   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 in the year 1996.   

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

Sep 30   On this day in history aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76   

Oct 01   In the year 1996 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.   

Oct 02   In the year 1996 andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58   

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

Oct 04   Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   In the year 1996 catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77   

Oct 06   In the year 1996 martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57   

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   Linda Juster is married in Placentia California on this day in history.   

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

Oct 14   Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91 in the year 1996.   

Oct 15   In the year 1996 bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69   

Oct 17   On this day in history berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93   

Oct 19   Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1996 alfred William Bill Bedford, test Pilot, dies at 75   

Oct 21   On this day in history abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71   

Oct 22   On this day in history charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39   

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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   In the year 1996 geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67   

Jan 04   Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83 in the year 1996.   

Jan 05   In the year 1996 jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86   

Jan 06   Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90 in the year 1996.   

Jan 08   In the year 1996 francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79