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Just found my Blockbuster Guide to the Movies (1996)!

ISBN 0440221145, sells for $15–20 on eBay/Amazon, but it's also been scanned and uploaded to the Internet Archive.

u/GamebitsTV — 15 hours ago
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May 20, 1996. M-Beat & Jamiroquai - Do You Know released and rewrote the sonic DNA of Acid Jazz

Released right on the cusp of Jamiroquai's explosive Travelling Without Moving era, this track represents a brilliant collision between the underground UK Jungle scene and mainstream acid jazz/funk.

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u/Tufan_Madrox — 1 day ago
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May 19, 1996. STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit.

STS-77 was a 10-day Space Shuttle Endeavour mission in May 1996, focused on microgravity research using the SPACEHAB-4 module and deploying/retrieving the Spartan-207 satellite with its Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE). The mission set records for the most rendezvous operations during the shuttle era, involving four rendezvous with two different payloads, and conducted numerous scientific experiments in materials science, biotechnology, and physics. 

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-77/

u/paixamore — 2 days ago
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May 17, 1996. Venezuelan Alicia Machado, 18, is crowned the 45th Miss Universe. Donald Trump would later mock her as "Miss Piggy" due to her struggles with her weight.

u/MonsieurA — 4 days ago