 Henkels & McCoy Teledata crews assist in designing and placing cable for
video, voice and data for the 1996 Summer Olympics, to be held in Atlanta,
Georgia. H&M also installs 8,000 feet of fiber optic and 200,000 feet of
copper cable for telephone and data service to the Games corporate sponsors…
H&M completes a 3,293-mile fiber optic network -- the largest network ever
built -- extending from the northern border at El Paso, Texas due south to
Chihuahua and Torreon, east to McAllen, Texas, and then southwesterly over
the Mexican border again to Tampico, Pachuca, Tula, and Guanajuato, and
terminating in Guadalajara in Mexico's southwest. The high-tech telephone
and data project is completed in record time and connects many major cities
and small towns, giving customers greater capacity and lower rates. The
project includes 715 miles of OPGW with the remaining 2,500-plus miles being
performed with buried installs and over 101,000 feet of directional
drilling, most of it performed by H&M... Henkels & McCoy designs and
installs a 900 amp DC cathodic protection system to help preserve three
historic naval vessels in Fall River, Massachusetts. The ships include the
battleship USS Massachusetts, the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
(named for elder brother of JFK, a Navy flier, killed in action in 1944),
and USS Lionfish, a submarine… H&M installs Category 5 cabling for new
network systems at 44 Military Entrance
Processing Stations around the US,
from New York to California, from Alaska to Florida… H&M's Bernie Hagan,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer is named Executive of
the Year for his work in successfully consolidating divisions and improving
profit performance, among other accomplishments…
 January 9
Chechens capture 2,000 Russian soldiers.
January 29
France agrees to end nuclear testing.
March 5
Senator Bob Dole of Kansas (left) sweeps GOP primaries. Dole is a popular,
moderate Republican and a wounded veteran of World War II. His wife,
Elizabeth, was Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan.
 March 20
Mad Cow Disease outbreak affects Britain’s livestock trade and thousands of
cattle are slaughtered in effort to prevent the epidemic. The disease
affects the central nervous system of infected animals and can be
transmitted to humans in the food chain. Sales of British beef plummet
domestically and are banned internationally.
 March 22
UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats.
April 3
Following a tip from his own brother, FBI arrest Unabomber suspect Theodore
Kaczynski (left) in his remote hideout. The quiet, Harvard-educated former
university professor escapes the death penalty as part of his brother's deal
with federal investigators.
May 8
South Africa gets a new constitution.
M ay 31
Israel elects hard liner Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.
July 17
A 747 Jumbo Jet airliner mysteriously crashes in the Atlantic off Long
Island, N.Y. shortly after take off from JFK Airport in New York. All 230
aboard are killed.
July
World’s first cloned sheep, Dolly, is born in Britain.
 July 19- August 4
The
Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the 100th
Anniversary of the Modern Olympics. Prior to the Games, the Olympic torch
tours the USA with relay teams running the length of the country, visiting
many cities and towns. Muhammad Ali, (left) arm visibly trembling from the effects
of his battle with Parkinson’s Disease, is a surprise guest, and as the
54-year old legend -- and hero of the 1960 Rome Olympics -- takes the last leg in the journey to light the Olympic
Flame in the stadium, the crowd goes wild.
August 14
Republican convention nominates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.
September 27
Taliban seizes Kabul and begin to enforce a strict Islamic society in
Afghanistan. A power vacuum and lack of a strong central government leads to
chaos in Afghanistan, resulting in an influx of international bandits,
criminals, misfits and radicals, including former mujahadeen (holy warrior)
Osama Bin Laden.
November 5
President Bill Clinton defeats challenger Senator Bob Dole with just 49% of
the popular vote.
 December 5
Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright (right) as first female US Secretary of State.
ALSO IN 1996:
Global warming climbs to a record high... Angela’s Ashes,
a memoir by Frank McCourt is published.
In Sports
Super Bowl: Dallas d. Pittsburgh (27-17)... World Series: New York Yankees
d. Atlanta Braves (4-2)... NBA Championship: Chicago d. Seattle (4-2)...
Stanley Cup: Colorado d. Florida (4-0)
 What's on TV
ER continues at number one, Seinfeld holds at
two... at number three it's Brooke Shields in Suddenly Susan, with
The Naked Truth, Fired Up, and Touched By An Angel all in the top
20 list this season.
That's Show Biz
Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid musician in history with
$80-million deal with Virgin Records... At movie houses: The English
Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Shine, Sling
Blade.
 Deaths
We say farewell to...
Ella Fitzgerald, legendary jazz singer and vocal stylist (right)
Spiro Agnew, disgraced politician, former Vice President
George Burns, actor (Oh God, The Sunshine Boys), centenarian
comedian, and other half of radio's famous
Burns & Allen comedy team
Gene Kelly, (top left) actor and dancer extraordinary (An American in Paris, Singin'
in the Rain)
Timothy Leary, university professor and controversial 60s drug proponent
Marcello Mastroianni, actor (La Dolce Vita, Divorce Italian Style)
Carl Sagan, astronomer, author (Cosmos)
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