America in 1996

Jan. 1 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin

Jan. 8 Blizzard buries eastern U.S. causing at least 50 deaths

Jan. 21 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta

Jan. 27 Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day

Jan. 29 6,138th performance of Cats is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, A Chorus Line

Feb. 2 Ali Landry, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA

Feb. 24 Cuba downs 2 U.S. planes

Mar. 7 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope

Mar. 7 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists

Mar. 17 Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title

Mar. 19 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage

Mar. 20 Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents

Mar. 25 U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill

Apr. 14 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276

Apr. 23 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million

May 1 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game

May 21 Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York

May 22 Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation — Susan Lucci loses for 16th time.

June 10 Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip

June 11 Bob Dole resigns from Senate to run for president

June 12 3 Philadelphia Fed Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on Internet

June 23 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan

June 29 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900

July 1 Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera

July 4 Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins

July 9 Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage

July 15 MSNBC begins Microsoft Internet-NBC TV

July 15 Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers

July 19 XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta

July 27 Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured

Aug. 6 NASA announces life may have existed on Mars

Aug. 10 Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate

Aug. 13 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0

Aug. 21 Netscape Browser 3.0 is released

Aug. 25 96th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods

Sept. 21 John F Kennedy Jr. marries Caroline Bisset

Oct. 10 Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City

Oct. 14 Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)

Nov. 22 OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true"

Dec. 4 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral

Dec. 23 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history