In The News In
1996
A TWA Boeing 747-100 flying from New York to Paris explodes over eastern coast of Long
Island killing all 230 aboard.
President Bill Clinton is re-elected as president of the United States (defeating Bob
Dole).
Boris Yeltsin is re-elected as president of Russia.
The province of Quebec narrowly votes not to secede from Canada.
American scientists develop protease inhibitors, which contribute greatly to the slowing
of the AIDS epidemic.
Voters in California and Arizona pass laws legalizing the use of medical marijuana.
The United States population is estimated at 264.6 million.
A bombing in Atlanta, Georgia, endangers attendants of the Olympic Summer Games.
After fifteen years of marriage, Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Great Britain are
divorced.
Madeline Albright becomes the first female secretary of state. |
