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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1996
Page
12
The AP poll ranks the TWA Flight 800 explosion as the year's top story with 230 deaths. The Atlanta Centennial Park bombing lands third after elections, with other major news including the Unabomber arrest and the Florida Everglades plane crash.
The year featured a JFK jet explosion that killed 230, the Centennial Olympic Park case and security guard Jewell cleared, the Unabomber arrest, the ValuJet crash in the Everglades, welfare reform ending AFDC, the Atlanta Olympics drama, and a federal shutdown plus a volatile stock market and a historic blizzard with 20.1 inches in New York City.
A retrospective look at 1996 highlights the Macarena craze and four linked phenomena: Bob Dole, soccer moms, Rules Girls, and other memorable events. The piece notes political campaigns, cultural shifts, and public obsessions shaping the year while touching on notable headlines.
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