| January 1 | After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin |
| January 1 | Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) |
| January 4 | "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances |
| January 5 | Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement |
| January 5 | Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba |
| January 6 | Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) |
| January 7 | 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 |
| January 7 | "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1622 performances |
| January 8 | Blizzard buries eastern U.S. causing at least 50 deaths |
| January 8 | For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| January 10 | Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners |
| January 10 | Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins |
| January 11 | Space Shuttle STS-72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space |
| January 12 | Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.) |
| January 14 | "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances |
| January 14 | Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions |
| January 14 | "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances |
| January 18 | Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997 |
| January 18 | Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in New York |
| January 19 | NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix |
| January 20 | 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston |
| January 20 | Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup |
| January 20 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan |
| January 20 | WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format |
| January 21 | 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta |
| January 21 | Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament |
| January 21 | U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo |
| January 23 | Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs. Zim |
| January 26 | "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg |
| January 27 | 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies |
| January 27 | 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) |
| January 27 | Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop |
| January 27 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| January 27 | Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day |
| January 27 | Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open |
| January 27 | Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston |
| January 28 | 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) |
| January 28 | "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 118 performances |
| January 28 | Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl MVP: |
| January 29 | 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins |
| January 29 | 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" |
| January 29 | Last day of Test cricket for David Boon |
| February 2 | Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA |
| February 4 | NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13 |
| February 6 | Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence |
| February 8 | NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind |
| February 9 | WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM |
| February 10 | IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov |
| February 11 | 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio |
| February 13 | Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts" |
| February 13 | Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway |
| February 16 | Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi |
| February 17 | 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 |
| February 18 | 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India |
| February 18 | Daytona 500 race |
| February 18 | Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya |
| February 19 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in York, Pennsylvania on WQXA 105.7 FM |
| February 21 | Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit |
| February 22 | Actress Halle Berry files for divorce from David Justice |
| February 22 | "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances |
| February 22 | STS-75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit |
| February 23 | Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve |
| February 23 | Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands |
| February 24 | Cuba downs 2 U.S. planes |
| February 24 | Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
| February 25 | "Father" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 52 performances |
| February 25 | Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs Leeward Is |
| February 27 | Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India |
| February 28 | 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins |
| February 29 | Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup |
| March 1 | Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory |
| March 1 | New toll-free 888 area code introduced |
| March 2 | Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator |
| March 2 | Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind vs. SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose |
| March 3 | 26th Easter Seal Telethon |
| March 3 | Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final |
| March 5 | Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame |
| March 6 | 10th American Comedy Award |
| March 6 | 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards |
| March 6 | Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya |
| March 7 | 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope |
| March 7 | British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order |
| March 7 | Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists |
| March 9 | Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India |
| March 9 | Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) vs. England in WC QF |
| March 9 | STS-75 (Columbia 19), lands |
| March 10 | 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins |
| March 10 | New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel |
| March 11 | Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs. Australia, World Cup |
| March 11 | Mark Waugh scores 110 vs. New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup |
| March 12 | Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy |
| March 13 | Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play |
| March 13 | Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself |
| March 14 | Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi |
| March 14 | Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) |
| March 16 | Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round |
| March 17 | Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory |
| March 17 | "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances |
| March 17 | "Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 17 performances |
| March 17 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship |
| March 17 | Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title |
| March 17 | Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena |
| March 17 | Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup |
| March 18 | 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 |
| March 19 | Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage |
| March 20 | Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents |
| March 20 | "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City |
| March 20 | U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) |
| March 21 | "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 68 performances |
| March 22 | Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International |
| March 22 | STS-76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit |
| March 24 | 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins |
| March 24 | Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual |
| March 24 | Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament |
| March 24 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way |
| March 25 | 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win |
| March 25 | Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth |
| March 25 | Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes |
| March 25 | Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) |
| March 25 | Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) |
| March 25 | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA) |
| March 25 | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) |
| March 25 | U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill |
| March 26 | Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic) |
| March 27 | "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances |
| March 28 | "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City |
| March 28 | Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America |
| March 28 | "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City |
| March 29 | 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men |
| March 29 | Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens |
| March 29 | New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game |
| March 30 | Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain |
| March 30 | New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game |
| March 30 | Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle |
| March 31 | 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65 |
| March 31 | 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle |
| March 31 | 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan |
| March 31 | "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances |
| March 31 | Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
| March 31 | "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances |
| March 31 | Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast |
| March 31 | Space Shuttle STS-76 (Atlantis 16), lands |
| March 31 | Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title |
| April 1 | 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 |
| April 2 | Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore |
| April 2 | Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game |
| April 3 | South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield |
| April 3 | St. Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1 |
| April 4 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin, Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM |
| April 4 | "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances |
| April 5 | John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days |
| April 6 | Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game |
| April 7 | 8th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
| April 7 | Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic |
| April 7 | Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore |
| April 8 | Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title |
| April 11 | Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season |
| April 11 | "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform |
| April 13 | En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 |
| April 13 | Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs New Jersey Devils from playoff |
| April 14 | 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276 |
| April 14 | "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 1 performance |
| April 14 | Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games |
| April 15 | 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 |
| April 15 | 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 |
| April 15 | "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 1 performance |
| April 18 | "Funny Thing Happened," opens at St. James Theater New York City for 715 performances |
| April 19 | Rangers scores 16 in 8th vs Orioles |
| April 19 | South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah |
| April 20 | Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season |
| April 21 | 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin |
| April 21 | Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship |
| April 21 | Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) |
| April 21 | "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater New York City |
| April 21 | Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup |
| April 21 | Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final |
| April 23 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno, Nevada on KRZQ 96.5 FM |
| April 23 | Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million |
| April 24 | 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain |
| April 24 | Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 |
| April 24 | "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf |
| April 25 | "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater New York City |
| April 26 | Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H |
| April 26 | Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million |
| April 27 | Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont |
| April 28 | "Big," opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 193 performances |
| April 28 | Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania |
| April 28 | Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
| April 29 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno, California on KFRR 104.1 FM |
| April 29 | "Rent," opens at Nederlander Theater New York City |
| April 30 | "Buried Child," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 77 performances |
| April 30 | Dutch/Italian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral |
| April 30 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids, Michigan on WKLQ 94.5 FM |
| May 1 | Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game |
| May 1 | "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 308 performances |
| May 3 | Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks vs. Glam |
| May 4 | 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01 |
| May 4 | ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel |
| May 4 | Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917 |
| May 5 | "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances |
| May 5 | Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship |
| May 5 | Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe |
| May 6 | Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war |
| May 6 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM |
| May 7 | Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown |
| May 8 | New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3 |
| May 8 | South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution |
| May 10 | 2 U.S. Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games |
| May 10 | "Twister" premieres |
| May 11 | Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0 |
| May 11 | Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die |
| May 12 | 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies |
| May 12 | "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances |
| May 12 | "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances |
| May 12 | Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 |
| May 13 | O. J. Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict |
| May 14 | New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0 |
| May 16 | Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning |
| May 17 | Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe |
| May 17 | Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs |
| May 18 | 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2 |
| May 18 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner |
| May 19 | STS-77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit |
| May 21 | Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York |
| May 21 | Ken Griffey, Jr., 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs |
| May 21 | Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win |
| May 22 | Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time |
| May 22 | "Tartuffe: Born Again," opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances |
| May 23 | Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric |
| May 24 | "Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released |
| May 25 | Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American |
| May 26 | Indianapolis 500 race |
| May 26 | Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game |
| May 26 | "Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 66 performances |
| May 26 | Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
| May 29 | Space Shuttle STS-77 Endeavour 11 lands |
| May 30 | 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture |
| May 30 | Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension |
| May 30 | John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight" |
| May 31 | Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures |
| June 1 | MTV Movie Awards |
| June 1 | Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square |
| June 2 | 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win |
| June 2 | 51st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam |
| June 2 | 9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon |
| June 5 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, Tennessee on WMFS 92.9 FM |
| June 7 | Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children" |
| June 8 | 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96 |
| June 8 | 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108) |
| June 8 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| June 8 | Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire |
| June 8 | Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex |
| June 8 | PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper |
| June 9 | 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) |
| June 9 | Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
| June 9 | Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 |
| June 10 | 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson |
| June 10 | Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods |
| June 10 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo, Ohio on WBUZ 106.5 FM |
| June 10 | Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip |
| June 10 | Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games |
| June 11 | Bob Dole, Senator-R-Kansas, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president |
| June 12 | 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet |
| June 13 | Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days |
| June 14 | "Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released |
| June 14 | Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire vs. Indians |
| June 16 | 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade) |
| June 16 | 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2 |
| June 16 | 96th U.S. Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC |
| June 16 | Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic |
| June 17 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM |
| June 20 | Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space |
| June 22 | 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 - 6 |
| June 22 | Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title |
| June 22 | Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut |
| June 23 | Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament |
| June 23 | Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan |
| June 23 | "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 29 performances |
| June 28 | "Nutty Professor," starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA |
| June 29 | Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss |
| June 29 | Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900 |
| June 30 | "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater New York City after 77 performances |
| June 30 | Caroline Frolic, Miss Ontario, crowned Miss Renaissance USA |
| June 30 | Dottie Pepper wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
| June 30 | "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances |
| June 30 | "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances |
| July 1 | Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind |
| July 1 | NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes |
| July 1 | Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera |
| July 1 | WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City |
| July 4 | HotMail, a free internet E-mail service begins |
| July 5 | A's scores 13 in 1st vs Angels |
| July 5 | New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves |
| July 6 | 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75) |
| July 6 | Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24 |
| July 7 | 110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63) |
| July 7 | 17th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Dave Stockton |
| July 7 | Joan Pitcock wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic |
| July 7 | Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, lands |
| July 9 | 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia |
| July 9 | All star MVP: Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| July 9 | U.S. Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage |
| July 12 | Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins |
| July 12 | Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million |
| July 12 | Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur |
| July 13 | Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940) |
| July 14 | 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd |
| July 14 | "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers New York City after 548 perf |
| July 14 | Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic |
| July 14 | New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves |
| July 14 | New York Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time |
| July 14 | "Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 32 performances |
| July 15 | After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd |
| July 15 | MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV |
| July 15 | Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers |
| July 15 | Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake |
| July 17 | 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City |
| July 17 | Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves |
| July 19 | Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final |
| July 19 | Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 minutes for Lancashire vs. Derbyshire |
| July 19 | XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta, Georgia |
| July 21 | 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham |
| July 21 | Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic |
| July 21 | Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with New York Rangers |
| July 25 | Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs. United States |
| July 27 | Bomb explodes at Atlanta Olympic Park, 1 killed, 110 injured |
| July 27 | David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs |
| July 28 | New York Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run |
| July 28 | Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic |
| July 30 | Tommy Lasoda retires as Los Angeles Dodger manager |
| August 1 | M2, MTV's second TV channel is launched |
| August 4 | 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies |
| August 4 | 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched) |
| August 4 | J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, and N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame |
| August 5 | Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico |
| August 6 | NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars |
| August 10 | Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican Vice Presidential running mate |
| August 10 | Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 |
| August 10 | Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex |
| August 10 | Yankees lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24 |
| August 11 | 78th PGA Championship: Mark Brooks shoots a 277 at Vallhalla Golf Club Kentucky |
| August 11 | Emilee Klein wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship |
| August 11 | "Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 32 performs |
| August 13 | Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 |
| August 17 | Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit |
| August 18 | Emilee Klein wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open |
| August 18 | Record 6,654 tap at Macy's Tap-o-mania in New York City |
| August 20 | India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's |
| August 21 | Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA |
| August 21 | "Hughie," opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City |
| August 21 | Netscape Browser 3.0 is released |
| August 25 | 96th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods |
| August 25 | Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic |
| August 28 | Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex |
| September 1 | Baltimore Ravens (Cleveland Browns) 1st NFL game, beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14 |
| September 2 | Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000 |
| September 2 | Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic |
| September 2 | Soyuz TM-24, lands |
| September 4 | 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins |
| September 5 | MTV Video Music Awards |
| September 5 | "Summer and Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
| September 6 | Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career home run |
| September 7 | Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open |
| September 8 | 110th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64) |
| September 8 | 116th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76) |
| September 8 | 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz and Kathy Baker wins |
| September 8 | "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City |
| September 8 | Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title |
| September 8 | Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open |
| September 8 | Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship |
| September 8 | Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo |
| September 13 | Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics vs. Durham |
| September 14 | A's Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-home runs in a season |
| September 14 | Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire |
| September 14 | New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher |
| September 14 | Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997 |
| September 15 | 2nd Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 16 -15 at Robert Jones Va |
| September 15 | Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final |
| September 15 | Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
| September 15 | Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34 |
| September 16 | 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto |
| September 16 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City, Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM |
| September 16 | Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits |
| September 16 | Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space |
| September 17 | Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field |
| September 18 | Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts |
| September 19 | "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater New York City |
| September 21 | Christie Brinkey gets married for 4th time, she marries Peter Cook |
| September 21 | John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Caroline Bisset |
| September 22 | 4th Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales |
| September 23 | Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach, Florida on WCLB 95.5 FM |
| September 23 | Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on WZMT 97.9 FM |
| September 26 | San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases |
| September 26 | Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), lands |
| September 27 | Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck |
| September 28 | 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka |
| September 28 | Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear |
| September 28 | Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 |
| September 28 | New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask |
| September 28 | Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump |
| September 28 | Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) |
| September 29 | 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0) |
| September 29 | Alanis Morissette ends her 1st U.S. tour (Houston Texas) |
| September 29 | Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 home runs |
| September 29 | "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City |
| September 29 | Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34 |
| September 29 | Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan) |
| September 29 | Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 home runs |
| September 29 | San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title |
| September 29 | Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic |
| September 29 | U.S. wins Federation Cup over Spain |
| October 2 | 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win |
| October 3 | Thunderdome in Tampa Bay renamed Tropicana Field |
| October 4 | BPAA U.S. Bowling Open by Dave Husted |
| October 4 | BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson |
| October 4 | Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka |
| October 5 | Caroline Pierce wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
| October 5 | Cleveland Indians strike out 23 Baltimore Orioles in 12 inn playoff game |
| October 5 | New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game |
| October 6 | Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate |
| October 6 | Caroline Pierce wins JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
| October 6 | New York Jet Nick Lowrey ties Jan Stenerud with 373 NFL field goals |
| October 9 | Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback |
| October 10 | Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City |
| October 11 | Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million |
| October 13 | Annika Sorenstam wins Betsy King LPGA Golf Classic |
| October 13 | "Big," closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 193 performances |
| October 13 | New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 |
| October 13 | Yankees (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 home runs |
| October 14 | Braves blow out St. Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game |
| October 14 | Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010) |
| October 14 | Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yards) |
| October 17 | "Taking Sides," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City |
| October 19 | Braves beat New York Yankees by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series |
| October 20 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf |
| October 20 | Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series |
| October 20 | Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf |
| October 20 | "Summer and Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater New York City |
| October 20 | Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt |
| October 20 | Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes |
| October 22 | New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) |
| October 23 | New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win |
| October 24 | Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days |
| October 24 | Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yankees win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses) |
| October 25 | Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant |
| October 26 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine |
| October 27 | U.S. beats Japan, 21 -14, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament |
| October 28 | Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever |
| November 2 | "Hughie," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City |
| November 3 | 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 |
| November 3 | 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 |
| November 3 | "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City |
| November 3 | Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| November 3 | Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| November 5 | Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of |
| November 6 | Los Angeles Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year |
| November 7 | "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City |
| November 7 | NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times |
| November 7 | Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai vs. Saurashtra |
| November 11 | Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award |
| November 12 | Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award |
| November 13 | Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP |
| November 13 | "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City |
| November 14 | "Chicago," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City |
| November 14 | Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP |
| November 15 | "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances |
| November 16 | 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards |
| November 16 | "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances |
| November 17 | "Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City |
| November 17 | Sam's Town Bowling Invitational |
| November 18 | Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder |
| November 19 | Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox |
| November 19 | "God Said, Ha!," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 22 performances |
| November 19 | "Sex and Longing" closes at Cort Theater New York City |
| November 19 | Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), launches into space |
| November 21 | "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
| November 22 | O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" |
| November 23 | Irebe Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World |
| November 24 | CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton |
| November 24 | "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City |
| November 24 | Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship |
| November 24 | Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup |
| November 24 | Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. New Zealand Lahore |
| November 24 | Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship |
| November 25 | After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends |
| November 26 | Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4 |
| November 26 | Colbert, Floyd and Irwin win Wendy's Senior 3 Tour Golf Challenge |
| November 26 | Couples, Davies, Sheehan and Sorenstam win Wendy's Lady's 3 Tour Golf |
| November 26 | Couples, Love and Stewart win Wendy's Men's 3 Tour Golf Challenge |
| December 1 | 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) |
| December 1 | Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India |
| December 4 | 7th Billboard Music Awards |
| December 4 | NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral |
| December 4 | Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57 |
| December 5 | "Dreams and Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| December 5 | Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement |
| December 5 | Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player |
| December 6 | Mashonaland defeat England in first-class tour match |
| December 7 | Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), lands |
| December 8 | Donna Andrews and Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
| December 8 | "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 22 performances |
| December 12 | Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain) |
| December 12 | Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou |
| December 13 | Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays |
| December 14 | 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards |
| December 14 | 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (quarterback) |
| December 15 | Dottie Pepper and Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches |
| December 15 | Jim Colbert and Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches |
| December 15 | Tom Lehman and Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches |
| December 18 | Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England |
| December 18 | Television industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system |
| December 19 | "Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst New York City for 187 performances |
| December 21 | Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning |
| December 22 | Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yards for TD |
| December 22 | Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge |
| December 22 | Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need 1 to win |
| December 23 | 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history |
| December 27 | Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21 |
| December 28 | India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning |
| December 29 | "Dreams and Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| December 29 | "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater New York City after |
| December 29 | "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City |
