20 september 1996 was een vrijdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♍. Het was de 263e 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 zaterdag 20 september 2025, 279 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zondag 20 september 2026, in 85 dagen. Je hebt 10.871 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 260.922 uur, of ongeveer 15.655.348 minuten, of ongeveer 939.320.880 seconden.
Date: 21 September 1996
By MATTHEW PURDY
Federal officials say that Trans World Airlines Flight 800 jetliner was used during test of bomb-detecting dog five weeks before the crash, which they say could explain traces of explosives found in the wreckage; officials emphasize that they are not at all certain the material in test packages contaminated the plane (L)
Date: 21 September 1996
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
After three weeks of delays caused by rough seas, efforts to recover remaining sunken wreckage of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 resume; crash investigators say they are growing increasingly concerned that significant portion of airplane may still be missing even after wreckage from last significant debris field is completely recovered (M)
Date: 21 September 1996
By STEVE LOHR
The New York Times Co announces Lance R Primis, its president and chief operating officer, has resigned and will be replaced by Russell T Lewis, president and general manager of The New York Times newspaper; industry analysts and one executive of Times Co say Primis's unexpected resignation was prompted by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, chairman and chief executive of company, who they say was apparently unwilling to offer Primis assurances that he might one day succeed Sulzberger; also say relationship between two men was not working as smoothly as Sulzberger hoped when he appointed Primis four years ago; at the newspaper, Lewis will be replaced by Janet L Robinson, who has been senior vice president for advertising; she will be succeeded as senior vice president by Daniel H Cohen; biographical profiles of Lewis, Robinson and Cohen; photos (L)
Date: 21 September 1996
By ERIC SCHMITT
House and Senate Republicans struggling to salvage bill cracking down on illegal immigration have come to conclusion that what serves their own interests may hurt Bob Dole's Presidential campaign; major sticking point is provision that would allow states to bar illegal immigrant children from public schools; many Republicans now want to drop that provision, fearing a bipartisan filibuster and veto threat from Pres Clinton; while Dole would like to deny Clinton another bill-signing photo opportunity, many legislators come from states with many illegal immigrants, and they are eager to bring bill home to their constituents (M)
Date: 21 September 1996
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Bob Dole has formidable task of selling to the American people his complex, even idiosyncratic view of the world; his many years of experience have contributed to an independence that makes it hard for him to turn to others for counsel; on fundamental foreign policy issues, he and Pres Clinton largely agree (M)
Date: 21 September 1996
Seagram Co says it wil buy back up to 11.1 million shares, or 3 percent of company's outstanding stock (S)
Date: 21 September 1996
By LENA WILLIAMS
High School for Cooperative Education, multi-million showcase school, East 96th Street, New York City, delays opening until next Tuesday in newly renovated building; Board of Education ordered delay following inspection by United Federation of Teachers that found numerous building violations; official for School Construction Authority says he believes that crews working through weekend can repair problems for Tuesday's opening; some of problems cited by union noted; photos (M)
Date: 21 September 1996
By ALISON MITCHELL
Presidential campaign battle shift to character, as Bob Dole and Pres Clinton camps use issue of teen-age drug abuse to deliver broader message about their opponents; both sides release advertisements attacking other's commitment to fighting drugs, but statistics take back seat to images and charges designed to paint both Clinton and Dole in negative light; photo (L)9
Date: 21 September 1996
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), seventeen years after starting an antitrust investigation, quietly closes case involving six major book publishers without deciding if they discriminated against independent bookstores by selling discounted books to major chains; American Booksellers Assn, which represents more than 4,500 members, attacks ruling, although FTC notes that trade group has successfully pursued issue against publishers in civil court; several publishers offer only muted reaction to ruling although it is major victory for them (M)
Date: 21 September 1996
By TERRY PRISTIN
Tony Frazier is convicted in killing of Sandra McKnight in carjacking incident outside her home, East Orange, NJ, in 1994; second man, Alonzo Hill, was earlier sentenced to five consecutive life terms for his participation in murder (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)