15 augustus 1996 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 227e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 29 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op vrijdag 15 augustus 2025, 323 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zaterdag 15 augustus 2026, in 41 dagen. Je hebt 10.915 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 261.979 uur, of ongeveer 15.718.746 minuten, of ongeveer 943.124.760 seconden.
Date: 15 August 1996
By Bernard Weinraub
Bernard Weinraub
Director Mike Nichols comments on making film adaptation of novel Primary Colors, phone interview; Mike Sager and Janet Cooke comment on their deal with Tri-Star Pictures for film based on Sager's article about Cooke, who won and lost Pulitzer Prize for 1981 article for Washington Post that proved to be hoax, phone interviews; photos (M)
Date: 16 August 1996
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Critic's Notebook column examines television coverage of Republican National Convention in San Diego (M)
Date: 15 August 1996
Trading in Nintendo Co is suspended in Tokyo, after Nihon Keizai Shimbun, an economic newspaper, says pretax profit would tumble 70 percent for fiscal year; Nintendo denies report and says its pretax profit might exceed its forecast of 27 billion yen, or $250 million; Kyodo News Service further reports that Gumpei Yokoi, head of Nintendo's development team, is leaving (S)
Date: 15 August 1996
By Sam Dillon
Sam Dillon
Even though Mexican reporters are enjoying outspoken new brand of journalism, often investigative and frequently irreverent, Govt and President can still wield heavy hand at times to influence news coverage; many journalists say, despite new freedoms, system still remains authoritarian (M)
Date: 15 August 1996
By Elizabeth Kolbert and Adam Nagourney
Elizabeth Kolbert
Profile of Republican Presidential nominee Robert Joseph Dole (Man In The News); photo (M)
Date: 16 August 1996
By James Bennet
James Bennet
Fierce competition between television networks covering Republican National Convention in San Diego described; graphs (M)
Date: 15 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Time Warner Inc signs consent order with staff of Federal Trade Commission, clearing the way for completion of its $6.7 billion acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System Inc (S)
Date: 16 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Raytheon Co says it will take aftertax charge of $22.4 million in third quarter as its Amana appliance division tries to sell manual-cleaning-oven business; if no buyer is found, it will close plant and dismiss 265 workers and dispose of assets (S)
Date: 16 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
General Motors Corp's third-quarter earnings to increase by $250 million because of company's decision to keep open an assembly plant in Wilmington, Del, that it planned to close, and build new midsize Saturn car there beginning about 1999 (S)
Date: 16 August 1996
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fusion Systems Corp agrees to sell its ultraviolet curing systems unit to Fairey Group PLC for $126 million in cash (S)