What Happened on May 1, 1996

• Miami Heat beaten, 112-91 to Chicago Bulls to be swept 3-0 in round 1 of NBA Eastern Division playoffs; first time in his 14 years as head coach Pat Riley ousted in the opening round
• Revival of Oscar Wilde's stage play "An Ideal Husband" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC; runs for 308 performances

• American television personality show host Kelly Ripa (26) weds film actor, and future morning show co-host, Mark Consuelos (25) in Las Vegas, Nevada

• Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
• Billy Byers, American jazz trombonist and arranger, dies on his 79th birthday
• Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74

Holidays: Labour Day (India)

• #1 Song: Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
• #1 Song: Fastlove - George Michael