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1996
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles divorce.  She is stripped of the title “her royal highness” but tells friends she would rather be known to the public as the “queen of hearts” anyway. 

During the summer Olympics in Atlanta, a bomb explodes in Olympic Park.  A man named Richard Jewell is later accused of setting it, but then found innocent. 

After years of sending deadly bombs through the mail, the notorious Unabomber is captured. His real name is Ted Kazynski, a loner who lives in a ramshackle cabin in Montana.  His brother is the one who tips off the cops. 

Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid musician in history when she signs a deal with Virgin Records for 80 million dollars. 

The Internet is hot and getting hotter as millions more log on.


Breakthrough Acts


Gin Blossoms
Brandy
Goo Goo Dolls
Jewell
Joan Osborne


And The Grammy Went To...



Album: Into You, Celine Dion
Song: “Change the World,” Eric Clapton
Best New Artist: LeAnn Rimes


At The Movies


The top five movies of the year:

  1. Independence Day
  2. Twister
  3. Mission Impossible
  4. Jerry Maguire
  5. The Rock


Tube Time


Our eyeballs were glued to these favorites!

  • Suddenly Susan
  • Touched by an Angel
  • Spin City
  • The X-Files

Celebrity Morgue


Ella Fitzgerald
Tupac Shakur
Gene Kelly
George Burns
Tiny Tim



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