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The 1996 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
The 1996 New York City Marathon was the 27th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 3.The men's elite race was won by Italy's Giacomo Leone in a time of 2:09:54 hours while the women's race was won by Romania's Anuța Cătună in 2:28:18.
1996 in sports in New York City (1 C, 25 P) Pages in category "1996 in New York City" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The North American blizzard of 1996 was a severe nor'easter that paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of wind-driven snow from January 6 to January 8, 1996. The City University of New York reported that the storm "dropped 20 inches of snow, had wind gusts of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet high."
(Mayors Fiorello La Guardia, Robert F. Wagner Jr. and Ed Koch were later able to serve for twelve years each.) [1] In 1993, the voters approved a two-term (eight-year) limit, and reconfirmed this limit when the issue was submitted to referendum in 1996. In 2008, the New York City Council voted to change the two-term limit to three terms ...
Riverdance travelled to the United States for the first time in March 1996. [28] On 13 March, the show opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the first of eight sold-out performances over five days. Costing about $2 million to bring the show from Ireland, Riverdance broke even in its first New York outing. [29]
Philadelphia receives a record 30 inches of snowfall and New York City's public schools close for the first time in 18 years. The federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for several days, extending the time federal employees are out of the office from the 1996 federal government shutdown.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. For a list of the Dutch directors-general who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664, see Director-General of New Netherland. The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter ...