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.
Rap music star Tupac Shakur died September 13, six days after being shot four times while riding in a car in Las Vegas. Shakur had been in critical condition since he was shot and had a lung removed in one of two operations. Shakur is shown here at the MTV Music Video Awards in New York September 4. Photo: Reuters.