Timeline May 1996

Events in May 1996 9

• 1904 – 1996 Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904-1996) Died 11 May 1996, aged 91 Nnamdi Azikiwe was a Nigerian statesman who served as the country's first President after independence and is regarded as a founding father of Nigerian nationalism. He was a leading pan-Africanist journalist and politician before assuming the presidency in 1963. He remained an influential elder statesman until his death.
• 1919 – 1996 Jon Pertwee (1919-1996) Died 20 May 1996, aged 76 Jon Pertwee was an English actor best known for playing the third incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series "Doctor Who" from 1970 to 1974. He also had a long career in British radio comedy and children's television. He died of a heart attack while on holiday in the United States.
• 1920 – 1996 Timothy Leary (1920-1996) Died 31 May 1996, aged 75 Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and writer who became a leading advocate for the therapeutic and recreational use of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s counterculture. His research at Harvard and public campaigns for LSD experimentation made him a controversial and widely recognized figure. He died of prostate cancer at his home in Beverly Hills.
• 1937 – 1996 Beryl Burton The Yorkshire Powerhouse One of Britain's greatest; set a 12-hour record that exceeded the men's record.
• 1996 1996 World Snooker Championship Hendry Title 6 Winner: Stephen Hendry; Runner-up: Peter Ebdon. Score: 18–12.
• 1996 Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov IBM's Deep Blue chess computer defeats world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match in May 1997 — the first time a computer defeats a reigning world chess champion under standard tournament conditions. (Deep Blue lost the first match in 1996; it wins the rematch in 1997.) The victory is a global sensation and IBM's most dramatic demonstration of computing power since the Apollo programme. Kasparov accuses IBM of cheating; IBM denies it and declines to play a rematch. Deep Blue is retired after the 1997 match.
• 1996 Transfer to Juventus Zidane joins Juventus for around £3.2 million After Euro 1996, Zidane moved to Juventus in Serie A, then regarded as the toughest and most tactically demanding league in the world. Under coach Marcello Lippi, he flourished as an attacking midfielder in a squad featuring Alessandro Del Piero and Didier Deschamps, reaching two consecutive Champions League finals. His two seasons in Turin refined his tactical discipline and cemented his reputation as one of the world's premier playmakers.
• 1996 ValuJet Flight 592 Crashes in the Everglades DC-9 goes down after cargo fire, killing all 110 aboard ValuJet Flight 592 crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami, killing all 110 people on board. Investigators determined that improperly labeled and stored oxygen generators in the cargo hold had ignited a fire. The disaster led to stricter US regulations on hazardous cargo handling.
• 1996 Twister #3 film of 1996 — $495m worldwide Directed by Jan de Bont, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton. Storm chasers pursue tornadoes across Oklahoma.