Sunday, June 16, 1996




"The wholesale leaking of the report by Senator D'Amato proves this is not a legitimate investigation. These leaks are typical of a political inquisition." -- White House associate counsel Mark Fabiani



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  • Presidential elections are scheduled to begin today in Russia.

  • Gloria Steinem, City Councilman Tom Duane and others participate in same-sex marriage "Wed-in" at Bryant Park in New York to gather support for same-sex marriage rights.

  • South Africa commemorates the 20th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto riots.





  • Monday, June 17, is the scheduled start of the second Whitewater trial, involving two Arkansas bankers accused of making illegal contributions to Clinton's 1990 gubernatorial campaign.

  • Tuesday, June 18, is the tentatively scheduled date for a hearing in Denver in the Oklahoma City bombing case.

  • On Wednesday, June 19, the Federal Reserve will release the Beige Book survey of regional economic activity.

  • Thursday, June 20, is the scheduled launch of space shuttle Columbia on a nearly 16-day mission. A seven-member crew is to study how humans and other living organisms change in a weightless environment. They will use the Life and Microgravity Sciences (LMS) payload in pressurized Spacelab module in shuttle cargo bay.

  • On Friday, June 21, the Arab summit hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be held in Cairo, Egypt. The summit, expected to be the largest gathering of Arab leaders since the 1991 Gulf War, was called in wake of Israeli elections. Through June 23.





  • In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle in Scotland.

  • In 1858, in a speech in Springfield, Illinois, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

  • In 1896, 100 years ago, the Republican national convention opened in St. Louis.

  • In 1903, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

  • In 1933, the National Industrial Recovery Act became law. (It was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.)

  • In 1955, Pope Pius XII excommunicated Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron -- a ban that was lifted eight years later.

  • In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West while his troupe was in Paris.

  • In 1963, the world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard "Vostok Six."

  • In 1970, Kenneth A. Gibson of Newark, New Jersey, became the first black to win a mayoral election in a major Northeast city.

  • In 1976, riots broke out in the black South African township of Soweto.

  • In 1978, President Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos exchanged the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties.

  • In 1986, millions of blacks in South Africa marked the 10th anniversary of the Soweto uprising by staying away from work for the day.

  • In 1991, the seventh International Conference on AIDS opened in Florence, Italy, with pleas from African and Asian countries for more help and criticism directed at the United States for its refusal to allow visits by international people infected with the AIDS virus.

  • In 1995, Bosnian government forces aided by Bosnian Croats unleashed a major offensive in hopes of breaking the Serb stranglehold on Sarajevo. Salt Lake City was awarded the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 4500 level for the first time, ending the day at 4510.79.





When Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson arrived on the set of "Giant," she was making $175,000, he was making $100,000, and co-star James Dean was earning $21,000. That gossipy memo is one of many historical tidbits on display at the New Warner Bros. Studio Museum, a collection celebrating the studio's first 50 years. But if you can't make it to Los Angeles to see the museum right away, you can get an quick fix from the studio's massive Web site, Warner Brothers Online.





  • Today is Youth Day in South Africa.

  • Today is Father's Day.



Sources: Associated Press,
Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan

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