Friday, August 23, 1996
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"Today, we are ending welfare as we know it. But I hope this
day will be remembered, not for what it ended, but for what
it began,"
-- President Bill Clinton
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Today's Events
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A judge will hear arguments on media requests for TV and
photographic coverage of the wrongful-death suit against O.J.
Simpson.
A strike is planned by subway and rail workers in London.
Defense testimony continues in the New York trial of three
Middle East militants accused of plotting to blow up U.S.
airliners in Asia. Defendants include Ramzi Yousef, who is
representing himself.
Testimony continues in the first Orange County, California,
bankruptcy criminal trial. Ronald Rubino, former budget
director of Orange County, is charged with aiding and
abetting the misappropriation of public funds in connection
with the county's financial collapse.
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On the horizon
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On Saturday, August 24, Third Doll and Teddy Bear Expo East
displays include the first Jacqueline Kennedy Heirloom Bride
Doll and Mrs. Onassis' pearl necklace, which sold at
Sotheby's for $211,500.
On Sunday, August 25, the Paralympicsclosing ceremonies take place in Atlanta.
On Monday, August 26, the Democratic National
Convention begins in Chicago, running through August 29.
On Tuesday, August 27, a hearing is tentatively scheduled in
the trial of Oklahoma City bombing suspects Timothy McVeigh
and Terry Nichols. At issue will be whether to try the
defendants separately.
On Wednesday, August 28, the final divorce decree for Prince
Charles and Princess Diana is expected to be released. A
"decree nisi" was granted July 15.
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On this day
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In 1754, France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
In 1785, U.S. naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry was born in
South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
In 1838, one of the first colleges for women, Mount Holyoke
Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, graduated its
first students.
In 1914, Japan declared war on Germany in World War I.
In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York
at age 31.
In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a
non-aggression treaty.
In 1944, Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu was dismissed
by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to abandon the
Axis in favor of the Allies.
In 1947, an audience at the Hollywood Bowl heard President
Truman's daughter, Margaret, give her first public concert as
a singer.
In 1960, Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
In 1972, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Miami
Beach, Florida, nominated Vice President Spiro T. Agnew for a
second term.
In 1982, Lebanon's parliament elected Christian militia
leader Bashir Gemayel president. Gemayel was assassinated
three weeks later.
In 1991, in the wake of a failed coup by hardliners in
the Soviet Union, President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Russian
President Boris N. Yeltsin acted to strip the Communist Party
of its power and take control of the army and KGB.
In 1995, during a memorial service at Fort Myer, Virginia,
President Clinton eulogized three U.S. diplomats killed in a
road accident near Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and vowed to
carry on the struggle for peace in the Balkans.
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Newslink
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President Clinton signed historic welfare reform legislation
Thursday, but the debate over coverage rages on. For a look
at reform on the national, state and local level, check out
Welfare Reform Watch, a Web page filled with expert
analyses and fact sheets on the latest legislation, program
implications and more, from leading advocates and researchers
in the field.
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Holidays today
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Massachusetts celebrates Sacco-Vanzetti Memorial Day.
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Sources: Associated Press,
Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan
News almanac archive
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