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Man in the News profile of William Sebastian Cohen; photo; Maine senator, who gave up seat as one of dwindling number of Republican moderates, was born in Bangor on August 28, 1940, son of a baker; he is an author and poet as well as a leading expert on military matters; excerpt from his poem A Baker's Nickel (M)
Growing number of American companies are rejecting compromise between computer industry and Clinton Administration that would relax export controls for data-scrambling technology; even International Business Machines Corp, which played lead role in brokering compromise, is having misgivings, because industry executives contend that Administration has reneged on main provisos of its plan; at issue is Nov 15 executive order that transfers export oversight to Commerce Dept, but gives Justice Dept a consulting role; industry executives say this would give law-enforcement officials too big a role in export process; industry also objects to another matter in executive order, which indicates that 56-bit key export licenses would still be considered largely on case-by-case basis instead of automatically allowing their export (M)
Manhattan Borough Pres Ruth W Messinger, Bronx Borough Pres Fernando Ferrer, City Councilman Sal F Albanese and Rev Al Sharpton, Democrats seeking to challenge Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani in next year's mayoral race, appear together for first time in campaign at forum before Manhattan Democratic leaders; they portray Giuliani as contentious and polarizing city executive and assert that he can be defeated; photo (M)
Sampling of Manhattan restaurants catering to various extravagant tastes; photos (L)
Newmont Mining Corp announces unsolicited bid of $2 billion in stock for Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp; move could set off bidding war in rapidly consolidating mining industry; some industry analysts expect Newmont to have to sweeten its bid by as much as $500 million before it can expect to acquire Santa Fe Gold in potential auction that is sure to attract rival bids; graph (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 4, 1996, covering December 6, 1996.
Bush
Snoop Dogg
No Doubt
Makaveli
Celine Dion
1996Davide Calabria, Italian footballer[†]
Davide Calabria is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Bologna, on loan from AC Milan.
1996Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer[†]
Stefanie Noelle Scott is an American actress and singer. Scott began acting with the comedy film Beethoven's Big Break (2008), and thereafter released her debut extended play New Girl in Town (2009). This was followed by a supporting role in the romance film Flipped (2010), which won her a Young Artist Award. She played the role of Lexi Reed on Disney Channel's A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014), which won her a second Young Artist Award and introduced her to a wider audience. While on Disney, she recorded a number of Disney Channel promotional singles, which were released between 2008 and 2012.
1996Pete Rozelle, American businessman (born 1926)[†]
Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle was an American professional football executive. Rozelle served as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 until his retirement in November 1989. He became the youngest commissioner in NFL history at the age of just 33. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world.
1996Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (born 1930)[†]
Harry Lewis Babcock was an American professional football end in the National Football League (NFL). He was the first overall selection in the 1953 NFL draft.
In 1996, the world population was approximately 5,842,055,734 people[†]