February 14, 1996 — “Happy Gilmore” premieres
Hollywood success continued to elude Adam Sandler with “Happy Gilmore”. The film was commercially successful, but not the breakthrough he...
February 7, 2014
1996
May 27, 1996 — Xzibit releases “Paparazzi”
The first single from Xzibit’s first album, “Paprazzi” exists to deride those rappers who are not in it for the...
February 2, 2014
June 26, 1996 — Veronica Guerin is shot and killed
Veronica Guerin was an Irish journalist whose beat was crime. This did not sit well with the criminals whose exploits...
January 24, 2014
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
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
October 30, 1996 — The Catholic Church announces the “Melbourne Response”
The Melbourne Response was a program by the Catholic Church in Victoria aimed at responding to the rising number of...
January 9, 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
December 27, 1996 — Glenn McGrath bowls 5 for 50
The Australian test cricket team’s chances were looking good at the end of day two of the 1996 Boxing Day...
December 24, 2013
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