What Happened in April 1996

• Apr 1 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse, 76-67; Wildcats' 6th national championship
• Apr 1 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn)
• Apr 1 The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.

• Apr 1 Veteran American MLB umpire John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring on Opening Day at the Cincinnati Reds' Riverfront Stadium; he was 51

• Apr 2 Detroit Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game, a 10-6 win at Minnesota Twins; longest duration in MLB history without a stolen base

• Apr 2 Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 105-103 at General Motors Place Arena to end their NBA single-season record 23-game consecutive loss streak

• Apr 3 South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield
• Apr 3 St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1
• Apr 4 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin, Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM

• Apr 5 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days

• Apr 6 American baseball player Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
• Apr 7 Pakistan beats Sri Lanka to win Cricket's Singer Cup in Singapore
• Apr 7 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pakistan, Singapore

• Apr 10 Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 km/h (220 kn; 253 mph; 113 m/s) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia
• Apr 11 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
• Apr 11 Revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "The King & I", starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy, premieres at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 781 performances

• Apr 13 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
• Apr 13 Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff

• Apr 14 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games

• Apr 15 Boston Athletic Association officially recognizes Bobbi Gibb's three Boston Marathon wins (1966, 1967, and 1968) in era prior to women being sanctioned for the race
• Apr 18 In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell the UN compound at Quana.

• Apr 19 Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles
• Apr 19 South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
• Apr 20 1996 NFL Draft: Keyshawn Johnson from USC first pick by New York Jets
• Apr 20 Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
• Apr 21 "Delicate Balance" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
• Apr 21 Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
• Apr 21 Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup

• Apr 21 Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
• Apr 23 42nd British Academy Television Awards: "Father Ted" Best Comedy, "Cracker" Best Drama
• Apr 23 49th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs): "Sense and Sensibility" Best Film, Michael Radford Best Director
• Apr 23 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
• Apr 23 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
• Apr 23 US docuseries "Forensic Files" (Medical Detectives) premieres on TLC Network
• Apr 24 "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 performances

• Apr 24 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
• Apr 24 The UN and Iraq end a third round of negotiations over Iraq's possible sale of $1 billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period
• Apr 25 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
• Apr 26 Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H
• Apr 26 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
• Apr 27 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont
• Apr 28 "Big" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
• Apr 28 In Australia's worst massacre in modern history, Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur, Tasmania. Leads to a compulsory gun buy back program and major changes to gun control laws.
• Apr 29 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno, California on KFRR 104.1 FM

• Apr 30 "Buried Child" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 77 performances
• Apr 30 Dutch Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral
• Apr 30 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM

• Apr 2 Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter (American Heartbreak), born in Okinawa, Japan
• Apr 10 Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles [Nick Kyrgios] 2022), born in Adelaide, Australia
• Apr 11 Summer Walker, American R&B singer (Still Over It), born in Middlesborough, Georgia
• Apr 12 Georgia Hall, British golfer (British Open 2018), born in Bournemouth, England
• Apr 12 Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player (Wimbledon 2021 runner-up), born in Rome, Italy
• Apr 14 Abigail Breslin, American actress (Little Miss Sunshine), born in New York City

• Apr 16 Lin Yun, Chinese actress (The Mermaid), born in Huzhou, China
• Apr 17 Dee Dee Davis, American actress, born in Culver City, California
• Apr 18 Alexey Zhigalkovich, Belarusian singer-songwriter ("S druz'yami"), born in Minsk, Belarus
• Apr 23 Jake Kiszka, American guitarist (Greta Van Fleet), born in Frankenmuth, Michigan
• Apr 23 Josh Kiszka, American vocalist (Greta Van Fleet), born in Frankenmuth, Michigan
• Apr 24 Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player (French Open 2019; Wimbledon 2021; Australian Open 2022; WTA Finals 2019, World #1 2019-22), born in Ipswich, Australia
• Apr 25 Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress (Sonny with a Chance), born in Glendale, California
• Apr 28 Tony Revolori [Anthony Quiñonez], American actor (The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in Anaheim, California

• Apr 16 Singer Judy Collins (57) weds industrial designer Louis Nelson (59) at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City

Deaths 1 - 100 of 102

• Apr 1 Alfredo Nobre Coast, Prime Minister of Portugal (1978), dies
• Apr 1 Edwin H. "Buddy" Morris, American music publisher (Edwin H. Morris & Company), dies at 89
• Apr 1 Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (b. 1926)
• Apr 1 John Alwyne Kitching, British zoologist, dies at 87
• Apr 1 John McSherry, American MLB baseball umpire, 1971-96 (World Series - 1977, 87; All-Star Game - 1975, 82, 91), dies of a heart attack behind the plate on Opening Day in Cincinnati, Ohio at 51
• Apr 1 Mário Viegas, Portuguese actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao), dies at 47
• Apr 2 Guitar Gabriel [Robert Lewis Jones], American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 70
• Apr 3 (Roosevelt) "Booba" Barnes, American blues guitarist, dies at 59
• Apr 3 Carl Stokes, first African American mayor of a major US city (Cleveland), dies at 68
• Apr 3 Ron Brown, American politician (US Secretary of Commerce, 1993-96; Democratic Party Chairman, 1989-93), dies in an air crash approaching Dubrovnik, Croatia, at 54
• Apr 4 Barney Ewell, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay, silver 100m, 200m 1948; equal WR 100m 1948), dies at 78
• Apr 4 Joy Newton, British ballet dancer, dies at 82
• Apr 4 Larry Laprise, American songwriter (The Hokey-Pokey Dance [disputed]), dies at 83
• Apr 4 Paul Cooper, American composer, dies at 69
• Apr 4 Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, educator (College of Bagpipes), broadcaster, and editor (The Piping Times), bdies at 79
• Apr 5 Peter Nailor, British civil servant, historian, and academic, dies at 67

• Apr 6 Gordon Clough, English journalist (BBC Radio 4), dies at 61

• Apr 6 Nadieh [Karin Meis], Dutch singer, guitarist and composer (Haifa Blue), dies from a pulmonary embolism and breast cancer at 37
• Apr 7 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
• Apr 7 John Evan "Jasper" Weston-Davies [pen name Berkley Mather], English writer, dies at 87
• Apr 8 (Charles) Donald Adams, British bass-baritone opera singer (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,; Gilbert and Sullivan For All), dies of a brain tumor at 67
• Apr 8 Ben Johnson, American actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger), dies of a heart attack at 77
• Apr 8 Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, dies at 86
• Apr 9 James Rouse, American builder (founder of The Rouse Company), dies at 81
• Apr 9 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, dies at 95
• Apr 9 Maisie Fitter, editor and conservationist, dies at 83
• Apr 9 Richard Condon, American author (The Manchurian Candidate), dies at 81
• Apr 9 Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
• Apr 11 Daniel Wolf, American journalist, dies at 80
• Apr 11 Edwin Clarke, British neurologist, medical historian,and museum keeper, dies of pancreatic cancer at 76
• Apr 11 Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (attempting to become the youngest person to fly a light utility aircraft across the United States), crashed at 7
• Apr 11 Louis Osman, British artist, goldsmith, architect, and craftsman, dies at 82
• Apr 11 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French advertising magnate and Founder of Publicis Groupe, dies at 89
• Apr 12 Marthe Robert, French essayist and translator who influenced Sigmund Freud, dies at 82
• Apr 12 William Wilkinson, English conservationist and businessman, dies at 63
• Apr 13 Denis Sargan, British econometrician, dies at 71
• Apr 13 George Mackay Brown, Scottish poet and playwright, dies at 74
• Apr 13 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, Irish-American gangster, dies at 64
• Apr 13 Vjekoslav Kaleb, Croatian writer (Splendor of the Fabric), dies at 90
• Apr 14 Gaylord Birch, American drummer (The Pointer Sisters; Herbie Hancock), dies of cancer at 50
• Apr 14 James Sargent Russell, US pilot and admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean), dies at 93
• Apr 14 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), dies of leukemia at 80
• Apr 14 Mervyn Levy, Welsh artist and critic, dies at 81
• Apr 14 William K. Everson, English American film historian, dies at 67
• Apr 15 Alexander Tanev, Bulgarian composer, dies at 67
• Apr 16 George Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 80
• Apr 16 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis; Ziegfeld Follies), dies from a heart attack at 79
• Apr 16 Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer, dies at 89
• Apr 16 Raymond Hill, American tenor saxophonist (Kings of Rhythm), dies at 62
• Apr 16 Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), dies at 86
• Apr 16 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuban filmmaker (Muerte de un burócrata), dies at 67
• Apr 17 Eva Jones, German poet and novelist (Taboo), dies at 82
• Apr 17 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86
• Apr 18 Hubert Opperman, Australian road cyclist, politician (multi-distance world records), dies of heart failure at 91
• Apr 18 Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist, dies at 62
• Apr 18 Michael Leander, English songwriter and record producer, dies at 54
• Apr 18 Piet Hein, Danish poet and inventor, dies at 80
• Apr 19 Bernard Edwards, American funk and disco bass player (Chic - "Le Freak"; "Good Times"), dies of pneumonia at 44
• Apr 19 Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies at 84
• Apr 19 Peg Ridge, British peace campaigner (Greenham Common), dies at 72
• Apr 20 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, Executive (BBC), dies at 88
• Apr 20 Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75
• Apr 20 Trần Văn Trà [Nguyễn Chấn], North Vietnamese military leader, dies at 77 or 78
• Apr 21 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and politician (captained Pakistan's 1st Test, prev played for India), dies at 71
• Apr 21 Alceo Galliera, Italian conductor (Victoria Symphony; La Scala), and composer (The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins), dies at 85
• Apr 21 Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader and President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1991), dies at 52
• Apr 21 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, sportscaster, LV bookmaker (The NFL Today; fired for racist remarks), dies of a heart attack at 77
• Apr 21 Robert Hersant, French newspaper press baron, dies at 76
• Apr 21 Rodney Meredith Thomas, English architect and painter, dies at 93
• Apr 21 Zora Arkus-Duntov,Belgian-American automotive engineer, known as "the Father of the Corevette", dies at 86
• Apr 22 David Shipman, English film historian, dies at 63
• Apr 22 Erma Bombeck, American humorist (The Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69
• Apr 22 Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 87
• Apr 22 Hiteswar Saikia, Indian politician and Chief Minister of Assam (1983-85, 1991-96), dies at 61
• Apr 22 Molly Keane, Irish writer, and playwright, dies at 91
• Apr 23 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general, dies at 82
• Apr 23 P. L. Travers, Australian-English writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
• Apr 24 Donald Cammell, Scottish film director (Performance; Wild Side), and painter, takes his own life at 62
• Apr 24 Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), dies of natural causes at 83
• Apr 25 John Eustace Theodore Brancker, Barbadian lawyer, civil rights activist and parliamentarian, dies at 87
• Apr 25 John Lorne Campbell, Scottish folklorist, dies at 90
• Apr 25 Saul Bass, American graphic designer of logos and film titles (Psycho), dies at 75
• Apr 26 Burton Stein, American historian, dies at 69
• Apr 26 John Norrie McArthur, British malariologist and microscopist who invented a handheld field microscope, dies at 94 [1]
• Apr 26 Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter (In the Heat of the Night, Perry Mason), dies at 78
• Apr 27 Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
• Apr 27 William Colby, American C.I.A. director (1973-76), dies at 76
• Apr 28 Gilles Grangier, French film director (Archimède le clochard), dies at 84
• Apr 28 Henry Clarke, American fashion photographer (Vogue), dies at 78
• Apr 28 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, Guatemalan politician, dies at 80
• Apr 28 William Colby, American intelligence officer (CIA Director, 1973-76), dies at 76
• Apr 29 David Davis [William Eric Davis], British broadcaster (BBC's Children's Hour), and radio executive, dies at 87
• Apr 29 Jaime García Terrés, Mexican poet and essayist, dies at 71
• Apr 29 Siti Hartinah, Second First Lady of Indonesia, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at 72
• Apr 29 Tony Hymphris, political activist, dies at 45
• Apr 30 David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
• Apr 30 David Opatoshu [Opatovsky], American actor and writer (Star Trek, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada), dies at 78
• Apr 30 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
• Apr 30 Hélène Cordet, French actress (The Limping Man), dies at 78

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