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Casey Affleck, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Cole Hauser on the set of Good Will Hunting (1996)
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Casey Affleck, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Cole Hauser on the set of Good Will Hunting (1996)

u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw — 6 hours ago
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August 16, 1996. A 3-year-old boy falls 24 feet into the gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago. An 8-year-old female gorilla named Binti Jua scooped him up to protect him from other gorillas and carried him to a service door for zoo staff to rescue him.

u/MonsieurA — 2 days ago
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TIL that in 1996, Mcdonald's tried to sue the owner of a family owned restaurant located in Fairbury, Illinois that had opened in 1956 called "McDonald's Family Restaurant" and lost, ironically the owner of "McDonald's Family Restaurant" is named Ronald McDonald.

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u/Oturanthesarklord — 4 days ago
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August 18, 1996. Monica Lewinsky attends Clinton’s 50th birthday party at Radio City Music Hall.

u/MonsieurA — 1 day ago
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August 17, 1996. David Beckham scores an iconic halfway-line goal against Wimbledon FC, quickly making him a household name.

u/MonsieurA — 3 days ago
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August 17, 1996. Soyuz TM-24 is launched, transporting a long-duration expedition crew to the Mir space station. It carried Claudie André-Deshays, the first French woman in space.

u/MonsieurA — 3 days ago
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14 August 1996, 26-year-old Greek Cypriot Solomos Solomou was shot and killed by Turkish forces in the UN buffer zone at Deryneia while attempting to climb a flagpole and remove a Turkish flag. Just three days earlier, his cousin Tassos Isaac had been beaten to death by Turkish nationalists.

u/No_Idea_479 — 5 days ago
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The first mobile phone with dial-up internet launched in 1996. It could also receive faxes.

u/klsi832 — 5 days ago
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Michael Irvin says a relative who bought him sneakers in eighth grade has lived rent-free in his house for 30 years, and still calls asking for new cabinets

“The white fans, they got every dime of their money, they don’t worry about none of that. I got 16 brothers. I own seven homes in Florida right now, and I got seven relatives in them and they won’t leave.”

“They ain’t paid rent in 30 years. And they’ll call me: ‘Michael, we need some new cabinets in the house.’ You’ve been standing there 30 years, ain’t paid no rent, what are you doing?”

“Because our family feels, ‘Remember, I brought you some sneakers in the eighth grade, you should be able to get me this house.’ Like, that was sneakers. Why do I gotta get you a house?”

u/Electronic_Air1842 — 7 days ago
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11 August 1996. Tassos Isaac, a Greek Cypriot refugee, was beaten to death by Turkish nationalist Grey Wolves during a 1996 demonstration in the UN buffer zone. He became trapped in barbed wire and was attacked with clubs and stones while UN peacekeepers and Turkish Cypriot police watched.

u/More-Run-5331 — 8 days ago
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TIL the film "Scream" (1996) was originally titled "Scary Movie". It was changed near the end of the film's production by the Weinstein brothers since they felt it's not suitable for a film containing satire and comedy. Director Wes Craven immediately called the change "stupid" but later relented.

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u/Away_Flounder3813 — 9 days ago
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August 15, 1996. The X Summer Paralympic Games kick off in Atlanta, Georgia, USA with a star-studded opening ceremony headlined by Vice President Al Gore, Christopher Reeve, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Liza Minnelli, Hall & Oates, and Teddy Pendergrass performing the Star-Spangled Banner.

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u/SaladEater6769 — 5 days ago