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An effort has been revived to win more time for hemophiliacs to file suit if they contracted AIDS from tainted blood-clotting products in the 1980's.
With a furious aerial and artillery bombardment that turned the crisp mountain air black for miles, Russian troops this morning assaulted the southern town where Chechen separatist rebels have held more than 100 people hostage for nearly a week. The attack on Pervomayskoye signaled that President Boris N. Yeltsin, faced with two politically perilous choices, had decided to risk the deaths of the hostages rather than the humiliation of letting the rebels go free.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, arriving at the Brooklyn Academy of Music yesterday to deliver remarks in memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., instead found himself caught up in a daylong public argument with the Rev. Al Sharpton over the right to use the city's roadways -- and over which man was betraying Dr. King's memory. The basis of the dispute was the Brooklyn Bridge: Mr. Sharpton arrived at the Brooklyn foot of the bridge in the morning, ready to lead the traditional King Day march to City Hall. There, the police stopped him and his group, telling them they could use the walkway down the bridge's center, but not the roadway itself, as they had for years.
Why did it take the violet almost 60 years to secure its status as official state flower? What is the ZIP code for Cinnaminson? How about the fax number for the Beneficial Insect Laboratory in the Department of Agriculture? This information, plus directories of state officials, lottery results, weather reports and a lot more, is now available on New Jersey's home page on the World Wide Web. The address is http:/www.state.nj.us. SUSAN JO KELLER
Responding to widespread criticism of insider domination of the company's board, the directors of the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company yesterday unanimously approved a series of proposals that would turn majority control of the board over to a group of outside directors, according to company officers and a member of the board. Under the proposals, several of the 17 current directors would not be able to stand for re-election at the next annual meeting of Archer-Daniels in the fall.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 10, 1996, covering January 16, 1996.
Mariah Carey
Soundtrack
Alanis Morissette
Garth Brooks
Hootie & The Blowfish
1996Jennie, South Korean singer[†]
Jennie Kim, known mononymously as Jennie, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in South Korea until 2004, Jennie later lived in New Zealand before returning to South Korea to successfully audition for YG Entertainment in 2010. She debuted as a member of Blackpink in August 2016. She made her acting debut under the stage name Jennie Ruby Jane in the 2023 HBO television series The Idol.
1996Zhou Qi, Chinese basketball player[†]
Zhou Qi is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He has been a regular member of the China men's national basketball team since 2014, winning a gold team medal in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship and the 2018 Asian Games.
1996Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (born 1903)[†]
Marcia Davenport was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart. Davenport also is known for her novels The Valley of Decision and East Side, West Side, both of which were adapted to film in 1945 and 1949, respectively.
1996Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (born 1914)[†]
Kathleen ("Kaye") Webb, was a British editor and publisher. She has been called an "enormously influential children's editor" and "brilliant as an innovator of highly successful marketing strategies". She was awarded the Eleanor Farjeon Award in 1970.
In 1996, the world population was approximately 5,842,055,734 people[†]