Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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FACES Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle dies on December 6. Rozelle is credited with transforming professional football into America ' s top spectator sport, and with inventing the Super Bowl. Basketball megastar Michael Jordan launches his own cologne: Michael Jordan Cologne. Demand for the fragrance is so high that manufacturer Bijan Fragrances limits sales to 1 2 bottles per customer The ever-present Cindy Crawford releases a book on applying make-up. Basic Face enjoys a long run on the best-seller lists. The National Women ' s Hall of Fame opens in Seneca Falls, New York, inducting 11 women, including author Louisa May Alcott, and Oveta Culp Hobby, the nation ' s first female colonel. Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin dies of pancreatic cancer in November Bernardin was known for being a reconciler in churches torn between tradition and modern culture, as well as for speaking out against physician- assisted suicide.

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KD Wean Jrasii tallngttl i California ' s T Monterey Bay Aquarium opens a new wing in March 1996 The million-gallon indoor ocean showcases Che marine life of the outer reaches of Monterey Bay. 5 to 60 miles offshore - The Hubble Space Telescope captures new images of quasars, the universe ' s most powerful and baffling phenomena. Previously thought only to exist in colliding galaxies, new pictures indicate quasars can also exist in undisturbed galaxies — causing astronomers to revisit their theories. 1996 Monlerev Bav Aquaiium, Pliologfapliy by Randy WildeJ [tie Mare 1jvbp ' Ti »| iDtoani !W() f,ai edsfBcecraft Jinteamliff BT.aterc. ' : fPAVideWorlo nMars. % Steam and ash ' from Iceland ' s Lokl volcano blast 33,000 feet In the air on October 9. Molten ly; rock from the volcano ' s : 5-mlle-wide fissure melts through more than 2,000 feet of glacial Ice, threatening the island with widespread flooding. Id ' s largest flower, the um, also known as the corpse flower, blooms in London ' s Kew Gardens for the first time 1963. The flower is nicknamed its strong stench when in blooi ' earch gests that hon. can keep middle-aged men stronger and more youthful. A testosterone- releasing s called Androderm is; prescribed by many doctors to supplement natural hon ¥ - An oxygen bar in Toronto, Canada allows patrons to pay $1 6 to spend 20 minutes breathing pure oxygen. The owners of the Oj Spa Bar claim the treatment is a healthy way to reinvigorate the body and offer fruit flavors to liven up the experience. Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey, shown with husband Louis Leakey in a 1 959 photograph, dies in December Discoveries by the Leakeys throughout their careers are some of the most important in paleoanthropological history Her greatest discovery was a trail of 3.7-million-year- old footprints, which proved that hominids walked upright far earlier than previously believed The Smithsonian Institution celebrates the 1 5Qth anniversary of its founding with a nationwide tour of prize exhibits. including this stovepipe hat worn by Abraham Lincoln. UPl ' Corbis-Betlmann SCIENCa

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' phane Cardinaie Svgni,i ' % In a small, secret ceremony on an island off the coast of Georgia, John F Kennedy Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette, a Calvin Klein publicist, in September. Kennedy who dated Bessette tor two years, had long been considered one of the world ' s most eligible bachelors. - New York Yankees fan Jeffrey 1 Maier interferes with a fly ball during game one of the American League Championship Series on October 9. The hit is ruled a home run. tying the game 4 to 4 In the eighth inning and making Maier New York ' s hero for a day m SHC e ' iJht ■Muhammad Al Etlie final athlete to Hiear the Olympic [torch, lighting the [Olympic flame at the opening of the ft, ' ' Olympics in Atlanta Ln July 19. ■■ Miss , Kansasjr JQf ftL Tara DavMn k ;!j bH Holland, is crowned Miss America at the H ' 1 996 pageant on L « September 14. k V Angela Lansbury appears in her final season as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher on CBS ' s Murder, She Wrote. The hugely successful show ran for 18 seasons. Basketball player Kobe Bryant joins the Los Angeles Lakers straight out of high school, signing a multi- million dollar contract during the team ' s 1 996-1 997 season. inedy Liliraiy ' More than 4,CXD0 items owned by former First Lady Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis and President John R Kennedy are auctioned off in April 1996, including a necklace of simulated pearls shown in this 1 962 photograph. The fake pearls, valued at $500 to $700. sell for $21 1 ,500, bringing the auction total to $34.5 million. 1 nuk ■ Ti r Tj l yR Wmk J, m Lee AfchivePhoios J M ' m y - Veteran comedian George Burns T dies in March 1 998, |ust weeks after reaching the age of 100. The legendary Burns won an Oscar, an Emmy ind a Grammy Award in an illustrious career dating back to vaudeville. As a stand against the invasion of his privacy, George Clooney, star of NBC ' s ER, boycotts Paramount ' s Entertainment Tonight after its sister show Hard Copy runs unauthorized footage of the actor ' s private life. « ' ■ FACES