This Day in High School History
- 1996 Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US senate to run for president
- 1996 Utah State University teachers and administrators will get pay raises averaging 4 percent in the next year according to the 1996-97 budget adopted by the Board of Trustees.
- 1996 Southwest Airlines will see its ``ticketless travel'' system inducted into the Smithsonian Institution in recognition of the carrier's achievements in creating new ways to make air travel more convenient and affordable for its customers.