Bond insurance. Bond insurance (also known as financial guaranty insurance) is a type of insurance whereby an insurance company guarantees scheduled payments of interest and principal on a bond or other security in the event of a payment default by the issuer of the bond or security.
Tupac Shakur dies. Hip hop star Tupac Shakur dies on September 13, 1996 of gunshot wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. More than a decade after his death on this day in 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur remains one of the most recognizable faces and voices in hip-hop.
Tupac Shooting. On September 7th, 1996, Tupac left a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada. He quarreled with a member of the Crips in the lobby of the hotel before leaving in his car. When stopped at a red light, a car pulled up to Shakur's and fired 12 shots at the rapper.