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Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. The 2020s is the 3rd decade of the 21st century of the Anno Domini ( common) era This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The year 1996 in Archaeology involved some significant events The year 1996 in architecture involved some significant events Events Awards Archibald Prize - Wendy Sharpe, Self Portrait as Diana of Erskineville Wynne Prize This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1996: Events February February 6 - Turkish charter company The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Industry milestones November - The DVD format is introduced in Japan. The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. See also 1995 in country music, 1996 in music, Other events of 1996, 1997 in country music, 1990s in music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1996. Events January events January 6 - A computer-controlled Washington Metro train overruns the platform at the Shady Grove station The year 1996 in radio involved some significant events Events WBOB and KQQL, both in Minneapolis Minnesota The year 1996 in Science and Technology involved many significant events listed below Launches This is a list of Spaceflights launched in 1996. Deep-space rendezvous 27 June - Galileo 1st Athletics Decathlon Best Year Performance * &ndash 8824 points Marathon The year 1996 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1996. Notable releases January 29 &mdash Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals and a genre-redefining title for See also 1995 in Australia, other events of 1996, 1997 in Australia ---- Incumbents Queen of Australia - HM See also 1995 in Canada, other events of 1996, 1997 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. See also 1995 in India, other events of 1996, 1997 in India and the Timeline of Indian history. Events January 24 - The international body proposes six principles of democracy and non-violence ('the Mitchell principles' as conditions for entry to all-party 1996 in Malaysia 39 years of the nationhood Incumbents Federal level Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Tuanku Jaafar Population Estimated Population as of 31 December 3762300 Increase since 31/12/1995 55600 (1 Events October 25 Gro Harlem Brundtland resigns as Prime Minister of Norway for the third time See also 1995 in Pakistan other events of 1996, 1997 in Pakistan and the Timeline of Pakistani history. See also 1995 in Singapore | Other events of 1996 | 1997 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore ---- Events The See also 1995 in South Africa, other events of 1996, 1996 in South African sport 1997 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African Incumbents Monarch - HM Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister - John Major, Conservative Events General elections were held in March 1990 In July the government lifted the 25-year old State of emergency. States With Wide Recognition A Afghanistan (Disputed between two governments after September 27) Africa Algeria - President - Liamine Zéroual, President of Algeria ( 1994 - 1999) 1995 religious leaders - Events of 1996 - 1997 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year ----- Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Leap year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter GF) such as 1996. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today

Contents:
  1. Events of 1996
  2. Births
  3. Deaths  -  Ship events
  4. Nobel prizes -  Templeton Prize
  5. Right Livelihood Award -  Fields Medal
  6. See also -  Notes -  External links

The year 1996 was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. It was also the Chinese New Year of the Rat, a year traditionally feared for natural disasters. Chinese New Year is the most important of the Traditional Chinese holidays. A natural disaster is the consequence of a Natural hazard (eg

Events of 1996

January

Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat

February

Feb.15: Long March rocket, with Intelsat 708 satellite, veers upon launch (images from Cox Commission report for U.S. Congress).
Feb.15: Long March rocket, with Intelsat 708 satellite, veers upon launch (images from Cox Commission report for U.S. Congress). Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor A Long March rocket ( is any Rocket in a family of Expendable launch systems operated by the People's Republic of China. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses

March

April

May

June

July

August

The electron microscope revealed chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001
The electron microscope revealed chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001

September

October

November

Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Flight 961 breaks up in the Indian Ocean after it ran out of fuel.
Flight 961 breaks up in the Indian Ocean after it ran out of fuel. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked on 23 November 1996 en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on a Bombay - Addis Ababa -Nairobi- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface

December

Undated

Ongoing

Fictional

The following are references to year 1996 in fiction:

Environmental

1996 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1996
MCMXCVI
Ab urbe condita 2749
Armenian calendar 1445
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԵ
Bahá'í calendar 152 – 153
Berber calendar 2946
Buddhist calendar 2540
Burmese calendar 1358
Chinese calendar 4632/4692-11-11
(乙亥年十一月十一日)
— to —
4633/4693-11-21
(丙子年十一月廿一日)
Coptic calendar 1712 – 1713
Ethiopian calendar 1988 – 1989
Hebrew calendar 5756 – 5757
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2051 – 2052
 - Shaka Samvat 1918 – 1919
 - Kali Yuga 5097 – 5098
Holocene calendar 11996
Iranian calendar 1374 – 1375
Islamic calendar 1416 – 1417
Japanese calendar Heisei 8
(平成8年)
Korean calendar 4329
Thai solar calendar 2539
Unix time 820454400 – 852076799
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Births

Deaths

January-June

July-December

Unknown dates

Ship events

Nobel prizes

 

Contents

Templeton Prize

Right Livelihood Award

Fields Medal

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Health and Amenity Effects of Global Warming
  2. ^ Westminster, Maryland (MD) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex offenders

External links

Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The list of ship launches in 1996 includes a chronological list of all Ships launched in 1996. The list of ship decommissionings in 1996 includes a chronological list of all Ships decommissioned in 1996. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. David Morris Lee (born January 20, 1931) is a physicist whose work on low-temperature Helium-3 won him the Nobel Prize in 1996 Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is an American physicist The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Robert Floyd Curl Jr (born August 23, 1933) the son of a Methodist Minister is an Emeritus professor of Chemistry at Rice University Sir Harold (Harry Walter Kroto, FRS (born 7 October, 1939) is an English chemist and one of the 3 recipents to share the 1996 Richard Errett Smalley ( June 6, 1943 – October 28, 2005) was the Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Rolf Martin Zinkernagel ( January 6, 1944 in Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland) is Professor of Experimental Immunology The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Wisława Szymborska (vʲisˈwava ʃɨmˈbɔrska born July 2, 1923 in Kórnik, Poland) is a Polish poet, Essayist The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo SDB, GCL (born February 3, 1948) is a Roman Catholic Bishop who received together with José Manuel Ramos-Horta ( Portuguese: ʒu'zɛ 'ʁɐmuz 'oɾtɐ GCL (born 26 December 1949) is the second President The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Sir James Alexander Mirrlees, FBA (born 5 July 1936, Minnigaff, Wigtownshire) is a Scottish economist and winner of the William Spencer Vickrey ( June 21, 1914, Victoria British Columbia - October 11, 1996, New York State), US citizen William R "Bill" Bright ( October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003) was an American evangelist. Herman Daly (born 1938 is an American Ecological economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland College Park in the The Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia ( Russian:Союз Комитетов Солдатских Матерей России Soyuz Komitetov Soldatskikh Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad claims to be a people’s science movement of Kerala, India. George Vithoulkas (born Athens 1932 is a teacher and practitioner of Homeopathy. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on
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