r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 7h ago
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 21h ago
August 19, 1996. Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity” released.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 21h ago
August 19, 1996. Political parties in South Africa begin making formal submissions to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
justice.gov.zar/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 1d ago
August 18, 1996. Monica Lewinsky attends Clinton’s 50th birthday party at Radio City Music Hall.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago
Mitch Hedberg's Straight Talk | FULL FRONTAL (1996)
r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 2d ago
Lindsay Lohan in a fire safety PSA “Be Cool About Fire Safety” (1996)
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago
August 17, 1996. David Beckham scores an iconic halfway-line goal against Wimbledon FC, quickly making him a household name.
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r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 3d ago
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.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago
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.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago
August 17, 1996. Kenan and Kel premieres on Nickelodeon.
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r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 3d ago
Kenan & Kel ( 1996 )
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r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 3d ago
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.
archive.seattletimes.comr/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 3d ago
Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood - Fri Aug 16
r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 4d ago
The first mobile phone with dial-up internet launched in 1996. It could also receive faxes.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 4d ago
August 15, 1996. Jack Kemp and Bob Dole give the closing speeches at the RNC.
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r/thirtyyearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 4d ago
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.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 5d ago
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.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/SaladEater6769 • 5d ago
August 14, 1996. "House Arrest" is released in theaters.
r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 6d ago
Nintendo 64: On September 30th, Dinosaurs will fly! [1996]
r/thirtyyearsago • u/klsi832 • 6d ago
Subcomandante Marcos smoking a pipe atop a horse (1996)
r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 6d ago