July 10,1996

Wednesday, July 10, 1996
Top News Headlines This Week:
Jul 12 - Kirby Puckett, retires from Minn Twins   Jul 12 - Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million   Jul 12 - Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur   Jul 13 - Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)   Jul 14 - "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers NYC after 548 perf   Jul 14 - "Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 32 performances  
Top Songs for 1996
Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman     One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey    
Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey     I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis    
Because You Loved Me by Celine Dion     Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) by Los Del Rio    
You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow by Toni Braxton     Nobody Knows by Tony Rich Project    
Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony     Twisted by Keith Sweat    
1996 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.88/loaf Bill Clinton
Milk:  $2.72/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $1.60/doz Al Gore
Car:  $18,563 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $1.29/gal
Best Picture: The English Patient
  Directed By Anthony Minghella
Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush
  in Shine
Best Actress: Frances Mcdormand
  in Fargo
House:  $166,400
Stamp:  $0.32/ea
Avg Income:  $53,676/yr
Min Wage:  $4.75/hr
DOW Avg:    6,448
People born on July 10
1921 - Jake LaMotta Bronx, middleweight boxing champ (1949-51) (Raging Bull)
1945 - Ron Glass actor (Sgt Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place)
1947 - Arlo Guthrie singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans)
1945 - [Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbledon 1977)
On TV in 1996
Touched by an Angel    The X-Files    Cosby   
Suddenly Susan    The Naked Truth    The Drew Carey Show   
Fired Up    Spin City    The Single Guy   
The Dana Carvey Show   
Hot New Toys in 1996
Pokémon Gameboy game    Nintendo 64    Jumanji Game   
Baby Go Bye Bye    Olympic Gymnast Barbie Doll   
Top Books in 1996
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman