| September 8th 1996 | | Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
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| September 8th 1996 | | Men's championship at US Tennis Open
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| September 8th 1996 | | Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title
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| September 8th 1996 | | 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker wins
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| September 8th 1996 | | 116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76)
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| September 8th 1996 | | 110th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64)
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| September 8th 1996 | | "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
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| September 8th 1996 | | Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
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