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21 October 1996 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 October 1996 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” by Los del Río.
- Top Film of 1996
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1996 was Independence Day.
- Bestselling Novel of 1996
- “The Runaway Jury” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1996.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “ER” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1996–97 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 1996 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 October 1996 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 21 October
- 1983 The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- 1984 Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
- 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
- 2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
- 2007 Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
Famous people born on October 21
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
- Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
- Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
- Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)
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Events of 1996 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1996 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- April 6 – Major League Soccer begins its inaugural season with a match between the San Jose Clash and D.C. United in San Jose, California.
- April 29 – The Broadway hit musical Rent opens at the Nederlander Theatre.
- June 21 – Walt Disney Pictures' 34th feature film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, considered to be one of the studio's darkest animated films, is released to positive reviews and commercial success.
Life in the US in 1996
President
Bill Clinton
Gas (per gallon)
$1.22
Loaf of Bread
$0.97
Average House
$140,000
Weekly Wage
$490
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