July 9, 1996 — LeAnn Rimes releases Blue
LeAnn Rimes didn’t exactly come from nowhere – by the time she released Blue in 1996, she’d been performing and...
January 19, 2014
Art & Culture
July 12, 1996 — Jonathan Melvoin dies of a drug overdose
Jonathan Melvoin was the brother of Susannah and Wendy Melvoin, who were members of Prince’s New Power Generation. He had...
January 14, 2014
November 25, 1996 — A statue of Freddie Mercury is unveiled in Montreux
Standing nearly ten feet tall – as is only appropriate for such a larger than life figure – Irena Sedlecka’s...
December 29, 2013
May 29, 1997 — Jeff Buckley dies
Jeff Buckley’s career was really only just starting at the point where he died. He’d released one album, which had...
December 19, 2013
December 5, 1997 — “Good Will Hunting” premieres
“Good Will Hunting” was the first film written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Directed by Gus Van Sant, and...
December 4, 2013
December 12, 1998 — The Neutrality Arch statue is formally dedicated in Ashgabat
Saparmurat Niyazov was the first President of the independent republic of Turkmensistan following the break up of the Soviet Union...
November 14, 2013
October 8, 1999 — “Boys Don’t Cry” premieres
A biopic telling the story of Brandon Teena a trans man who was raped and murdered by two male acquaintances...
October 27, 2013
December 31, 1999 — The Twentieth Century ends
Technically, the Twentieth Century did not end for another year, at the end of the year 2000. But in the...
October 19, 2013
January 1, 2001 — The Twenty-First Century begins
Contrary to popular belief, and due to the fact that there never was a year zero (history goes from 1...
September 29, 2013
September 11, 2001 — Ben Folds releases “Rockin’ the Suburbs”
Folds’ 2001 album “Rockin’ the Suburbs” was his first solo album since the dissolution of Ben Folds Five. It marked...
September 19, 2013
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