CNN - News Almanac - July 16, 1996

Tuesday, July 16, 1996

"Maybe this is the best thing for him because it will give him some closure now. He can get on with his life."

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Vice President Al Gore is expected to meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Moscow. Yeltsin postponed Monday's scheduled meeting with Gore, sparking speculation about his health.

Former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke is scheduled to meet with Bosnian President Izetbegovic and Prime Minister Muratovic in Sarajevo.

In Washington, the Labor Department sponsors a forum on sweatshops in the fashion and apparel industry.

On Wednesday, July 17, the Senate Commerce Committee holds an oversight hearing on Federal Aviation Administration safety issues.

On Thursday, July 18, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum opens a special exhibition on the 1936 "Nazi Olympics" in Berlin. Attending will be people associated with the 1936 games, including Margaret Lambert, a Jewish track and field champion; American Jewish athlete Marty Glickman; and Marlene Rankin, Jesse Owens' daughter.

On Friday, July 19, opening ceremonies for the 1996 Summer Olympic games will be held in Atlanta. The Olympic flame will arrive after a 15,000-mile journey across the U.S. President Clinton is scheduled to speak.

On Saturday, July 20, the 1996 Summer Olympic games officially begin.

In 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.

In 1862, David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the United States Navy.

In 1918, Russia's Czar Nicholas the Second, his empress and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks.

In 1935, the first parking meters were installed, in Oklahoma City.

In 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico.

In 1951, the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger was first published.

In 1957, Marine Major John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.

In 1969, "Apollo Eleven" blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.

In 1973, during the Senate Watergate hearings, former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Nixon's secret taping system.

In 1979, Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq.

In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Detroit; Reagan then appeared in the hall to announce that his runningmate would be George Bush.

In 1981, singer Harry Chapin was killed when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on New York's Long Island Expressway.

In 1995, William Barloon and David Daliberti, the two Americans who were imprisoned in Iraq for crossing the border from Kuwait four months earlier, were released.

The careful uncovery this week of diprotodon bones near the town of Karratha, Australia, excited amateur paleontologists around the world this week. One of the worldąs largest prehistoric marsupials, diprotodon lived 200,000 years ago. The bones, exposed by rains a year ago, are the second set of remains found at the site. For more news about recent finds, check out Fossil News, the Journal of Amateur Paleontology, a site for fossil enthusiasts.

Today is La Paz Day in Bolivia.

Botswana celebrates a public holiday today.

Today is a religious holiday in Recife, Brazil.

Today, Iran recognizes the demise of Prophet Mohammed and Martyrdom of Iman Hassan Mojtaba.

Today, actor Barnard Hughes is 81. Former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh is 64. Former tennis player Margaret Court is 54. Violinist Pinchas Zukerman is 48. Actor-singer Ruben Blades is 48. Rock composer-musician Stewart Copeland is 44. Actress Phoebe Cates is 33.

Sources: Associated Press,
Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan

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