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Events in 1996 and 26-9

Events in US in the birth year of Luke Korns

• US budget crisis in fourth month (Jan 3).
• Clinton approves resumption of many government operations (Jan. 6).
• Bob Dole sweeps primaries (March 5).
• F.B.I. arrests suspected Unabomber (April 3).
• Clinton signs line-item veto bill (April 9).
• President blocks ban on late-term abortions (April 10).
• Valujet crashes in Everglades; all 110 aboard killed (May 11).
• 747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island, N.Y.; all 230 aboard perish (July 17).
• Congress passes welfare reform bill (Aug. 2); approved by Clinton Aug. 22.
• Republican convention nominates Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (Aug. 14); Democratic convention nominates incumbents Clinton and Gore, who win the national election (Nov. 5).
• Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as first female US secretary of state (Dec. 5).

Birthday Luke Korns (26-9) in history

• Day 26-9 year 1789: Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.
• Day 26-9 year 1820: Explorer Daniel Boone died in Missouri.
• Day 26-9 year 1914: The Federal Trade Commission was established.
• Day 26-9 year 1950: United Nations troops recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans.
• Day 26-9 year 1960: Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.
• Day 26-9 year 1986: William H. Rehnquist was sworn as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court.