David A Broad
A personal story
More than 40 years, told day by day
The task of renovating Redgrave Post Office and Stores was continuing with terms being negotiated with suppliers, tenants and employees being given new contracts.
Elsewhere, Britain handed Hong Kong back to China and the 1996 Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, were held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Alan Shearer became the most expensive footballer in the world in a £15,000,000 transfer to Newcastle.
Dolly the sheep was cloned and , Howard Hughes was found guilty and jailed for life for the savage murder and sexual assault of Sophie Hook.
The Ulster Troubles’ continued, but with arrests made and the Stone of Scone, aka the Stone of Destiny, was returned to Scotland.
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A terrorist Seagram Miller was an American rapper from Oakland, Californina, that was shot dead in a drive-by shooting.
Miller released two albums in his lifetime; The hard-edged and violent The Dark Roads and the more typically laid-back west coast style Reality Check. Miller was shot to death in a drive-by shooting on July 31, 1996.
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Father Alan Cheales, British Dominican priest (served 33 years at St Dominic's priory, London), died at the age of 83. Alan Shearer became the most expensive footballer in the world in a £15,000,000 transfer from Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle United F.C
It is not given to many priests to serve in the same parish without a break for thirty-three years. Father Alan went to St Dominic’s, the
Dominican parish in North London, at the beginning of 1963. Nor is it given to many parishes to be blessed for so long by such untiring
and selfless care as his.
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Riot police forcibly dispersed a pro-democracy demonstration supporting Megawati Sukarnoputri in Indonesia, highlighting the ongoing political tensions and challenges to democratic expression during this period.
Their was an attack by Indonesian government forces on the head office of the Indonesian Democratic Party, which was being occupied by supporters of recently ousted party leader Megawati Sukarnoputri. It was followed by two days of riots in Jakarta.
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The remains of a prehistoric man, later known as the Kennewick Man, were discovered near Kennewick, Washington. This archaeological find would become significant in understanding early human migration and Native American prehistory.
To scientists, he is "Kennewick Man." To Native Americans, he is the "Ancient One." More than a decade ago, Native Americans lost their claim for custody of this 8500-year-old skeleton from Washington state, when a federal appeals court ruled there was no evidence he was related to any modern tribe.
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During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, a devastating terrorist attack occurred when a pipe bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park.
The explosion killed one person and injured 111 others, creating widespread panic and shock during the international sporting event.
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