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Stocks and bonds took their worst pummeling in years yesterday in a selloff caused by a surprise report that more jobs were created in February than in any month since September 1983. In its sharpest decline since November 1991, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 205 points before ending down 171.24, or 3.04 percent, at 5,470.45.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given New England's largest utility 30 days to show that two of the nuclear power plants it operates in Connecticut are properly equipped for emergencies or face having to shut them down. The commission said it feared there might be problems with the emergency safety systems at the Millstone 3 plant, on Long Island Sound near New London, and at the Connecticut Yankee plant in Haddam Neck.
Eight months ago, Don Nelson took over as coach of the Knicks with aspirations of healing his tarnished reputation and leading a group of playoff-hardened veterans back to prominence in the post-season. He never made it past the regular season because those same veterans never really accepted their new coach, from his scaled-down practice sessions to his headstrong attitudes regarding decisions on playing time.
A Palestinian in a New York jail who described himself as the political leader of Hamas said in an interview that while the Islamic group opposes violence, it cannot rein in the dozens of loosely allied militians in the West Bank and Gaza. Article, page 5.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 6, 1996, covering March 9, 1996.
2Pac
Alanis Morissette
Soundtrack
Mariah Carey
Oasis
1996George Burns, American comedian, actor, and writer (born 1896)[†]
George Burns was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. He and his wife Gracie Allen appeared on radio, television and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen.
In 1996, the world population was approximately 5,842,055,734 people[†]