Can you name the significant events of 1996? by Valvados

Date	Answer	Clue
January 7		A blizzard closes this city's schools for the first time since 1978.
January 9		Russian troops begin an extended engagement with militant separatists in this region.
January 25		This musical about 'La Vie Bohème' opens off-Broadway.
February 10		This chess-playing computer defeats Garry Kasparov.
February 28		This 'Cracked Rear View' band wins the Grammy for Best New Artist.
March 11		He becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia.
March 19		A California jury finds these brothers guilty of murdering their parents.
March 25		This Mel Gibson film wins 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
April 1		This school wins its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1978, its 6th overall.
April 3		This US Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane crash in Croatia.
April 3		Theodore Kaczynski, better known by this moniker, is arrested.
May 16		On TV, his fiancee dies from licking cheap envelope glue.
May 18		This competition for civilian manned spaceflight is formally announced.
May 20		In Romer v. Evans, the Supreme Court strikes down an anti-gay ammendment to this state's constitution.
June 15		This 'First Lady' of jazz passes away at 79.

Date	Answer	Clue
June 23		This South African Nobel laureate retires as Archbishop of Cape Town.
July 5		This famous sheep, the first succesfully cloned mammal, is born.
July 17		230 people are killed when this flight explodes minutes after take-off from New York's JFK Airport.
July 23		Her second vault scores a 9.712.
August 12		It is reported that this sci-fi epic, planned for release in 1999, will feature digital actors.
August 25		This golfer wins his third consecutive U.S. Amateur Championship.
September 13		This rapper succumbs to injuries suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting.
September 20		This comedian's HBO special 'Unleavened' premieres.
September 26		This cartridge-based video game console goes on sale in North America.
October 23		Fred Goldman's wrongful death suit against this man goes to trial.
October 26		They win their first World Series since 1978, 4-2 over the Atlanta Braves.
November 5		This man wins 159 electoral votes; Bill Clinton wins 379.
November 19		This space shuttle lifts off, beginning a record-setting 17 day mission.
December 17		The United Nations General Assembly votes to confirm him as the next Secretary-General.
December 20		This astronomer, one of 'billions and billions' of people on the 'pale blue dot,' dies.

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