What Happened on May 1, 1996

• "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
• Miami Heat beaten, 112-91 to Chicago Bulls to be swept 3-0 in round 1 of NBA Eastern Division playoffs; first time in his 14 years as head coach Pat Riley ousted in the opening round

• Actress and talk show host Kelly Ripa (26) weds film actor Mark Consuelos (25) in Las Vegas

• Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
• Billy Byers, American jazz trombonist and arranger, dies on his 79th birthday
• Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74

Holidays: Labour Day (India)

• #1 Song: Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
• #1 Song: Fastlove - George Michael