A lame-duck session of Congress in the United States occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the successor's term begins. The expression is now used not only for a special session called after a sine die adjournment, but also for any portion of a regular session that falls after an election. In current practice, any meeting of Congress after election day, but before the next Congress convenes the following January, is a lame-duck session.
The 2018 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 137th for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), a franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 127th season for the Cardinals in the National League (NL), and their 13th at Busch Stadium III. Forbes ranked the Cardinals as the seventh-highest valued team of the 30 teams in 2017 for its 1.9billionvaluation(+6319 million revenue, and $40 million operating income. The Cardinals also had baseball's second-highest local television rating, averaging 7.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. 1996 in British music 1996 in Norwegian music 1996 in South Korean music 1996 in classical music 1996 in country music 1996 in heavy metal music 1996 in hip hop music 1996 in Latin music 1996 in jazz January 8 – Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill Madonna.