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.
For the Italian polymath, see NiccolÃ² Machiavelli. Tupac Amaru Shakur (/ËtuËpÉËk ÊÉËkÊÉr/ TOO-pahk shÉ-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 â September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, and Pac, was an American rapper, record producer, actor, and poet.