Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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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

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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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ENTERTAINMENT flash Torn Cruise stars in Jerry Magure, a romantic comedy about a sports agent who decides to change his shallow ways, and spends the rest of the movie trying to regain his success. It is a breekthrough role for Cruise, who is normally depicted as a cocky winner. To honor the SOth anniversary of its release, producer George Lucas issues a remade Star Wars, with new scenes, computeriied special effects and soupedmp animatian. Lucas ' grand plan calls tor a nii»film cycle, including prequels. EngKsh actor director Kenneth Branagh plays Hamlet in hts star- studded remake of Shakespeare ' s ciasstc Despte running fbur hours. the movie is a critical and faoiM ffics s u ccess . NBC Thursday night drama ER features television ' s first HIV- positive prominent charecter. Jeanie Boulet, a physician ' s assistartt played by Gkirw Reuben, is relatiiMly open about her cortdition and helps confront the stigma olAIDS. wm Patrick Stewart (left) and Brent Spiner (right] star in Star Trek: First Contact, a movie featuring cfiaracter s from the TV show Star Trel : The Next Generation. Ifwft.«k scon w Scott Adams ' Dilbert. the T comic strip about office politics, captures the nation ' s imagination In book form, The Dilbert Principle becomes a national best-seller. ■The Draw Shotti a zany sk-com about; workingclass Wamer Bros. TV from Shooting spmr ElEB Actors Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis star in The Crucible, which opens in December The screen adaption of Arthur Miller ' s famous play about the Salem witch trials is written by Arthur Miller himself. -. Academy Award- r winning actor Tom Hanks ' first effort at directing receives critical praise when That Thing You Do!, a movie about the meteoric rise and fall of a 1960s rock band, opens in October 201(1 Centurv Fox Ifom Shooting Slai : fan Model Brooke Shields [center] moves to television in NBC ' s Suddenly Susan, a sit-com premiering in September Shields plays a columnist opposite magazine editor Judd Nelson (far right]. ' Sherry Stringfield, Dr Susan Lewis on NBC ' s ER, leaves the show at the peak of her character ' s popularity. In her final episode, when Dr Mark Greene, played by Anthony Edwards, declares his love for Susan, the show garners Its highest ratings ever r I Author Michael I Crichton 1 publishes The Lost World, a I sequel to I Jurassic Park. the colossal novel and movie The new book promises to generate just as much hype, with a movie already in the works. iSiKi«