1996 Chase Championships
The 1996 Chase Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 25th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 21st edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1996 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from November 18 through November 24, 1996. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title after defeating Martina Hingis in the final, which was the last women's match played over five sets.


1996 Chase Championships, Finals, Singles
Steffi Graf defeated  Martina Hingis, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 4–6, 6–0.


1996 Chase Championships, Finals, Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Mary Joe Fernández defeated  Jana Novotná /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–2.


1996 Chatham Cup
The 1996 Chatham Cup was the 69th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1996 Chatham Cup
Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the fourth round (last 32). In all, 127 teams took part in the competition, which consisted of a preliminary round and five rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final.


1996 Chatham Cup, The 1996 final
For the second year in a row, Waitakere City won the league/cup double - the only team to have achieved this two seasons running. They also became only the third team to win the Chatham Cup three years in a row, having won in both 1994 and 1995.


1996 Chatham Cup, The 1996 final
The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 1996 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Mark Foy of Mount Wellington.


1996 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
* Won on penalties by Manurewa (4-3) and Wanganui East (3-2)


1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.


1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup
The 1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup was a horse race which took place at Cheltenham on Thursday March 14, 1996. It was the 69th running of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and it was won by Imperial Call. The winner was ridden by Conor O'Dwyer and trained by Fergie Sutherland. The pre-race favourite One Man finished sixth. There was one fatality in the race when Monsieur Le Cure ridden by Jason Titley took a heavy fall at the 6th fence breaking his neck.


1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Imperial Call was the first winner of the Gold Cup trained in Ireland since Dawn Run in 1986.


1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Full result
* The distances between the horses are shown in lengths or shorter. nk = neck; PU = pulled-up.† Trainers are based in Great Britain unless indicated. Note: Fence 16 was omitted due to the fatal fall of Monsieur Le Cure on the first circuit.


1996 Chicago Bears season
The 1996 Chicago Bears season was their 77th regular season completed in the National Football League (NFL). They failed to improve on their 9–7 record from 1995 and finished with a 7–9 record under head coach Dave Wannstedt. It was the team's first losing season since 1993 when it was Wannstedt's first season.


1996 Chicago Cubs season
The 1996 Chicago Cubs season was the 125th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 121st in the National League and the 81st at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 76–86.


1996 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Chicago Marathon
The 1996 Chicago Marathon was the 19th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 20. The elite men's race was won by Britain's Paul Evans in a time of 2:08:52 hours and the women's race was won in 2:30:41 by Marian Sutton, also of Great Britain.


1996 Chicago White Sox season
The 1996 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 97th season. They finished with a record 85-77, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 14.5 games behind the 1st place Cleveland Indians.


1996 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1996 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1996 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1996 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State University during the 1996 NCAA Division II football season. Chico State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1996.


1996 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1996 Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Rob Tomlinson. They played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Chico State finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5, 3–1 NCAC). The Wildcats were outscored by their opponents 181–187 for the season.


1996 Chico State Wildcats football team
1996 was the last year Chico State played intercollegiate football. On February 5, 1997, the school announced it was dropping the football program citing the cost of the program and lack of fan support.


1996 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Chico State players were selected in the 1997 NFL Draft.


1996 Chiefs season
1996 was the 1st year of the Super 12 Tournament and the Waikato Chiefs rugby team. They won 6 of their 11 games and finished 6th overall on the table, but they didn't make the playoffs. The team was coached by Brad Meurant and captain by Richard Turner.


1996 Chiefs season, Squad
The Chiefs squad for the 1996 Super 12 season were:


1996 Chiefs season, Player statistics
The Chiefs players' appearance and scoring statistics for the 1996 Super Rugby 12 are:


1996 Chilean telethon
The 1996 Chilean telethon was the 14th version of the solidarity campaign conducted in Chile. It took place on 6 and 7 December 1996. The theme of this version was "Another step forward."


1996 Chilean telethon
After the shortcomings of the previous year, mistakes were corrected and this time the goal was achieved - an important objective, as the following year (1997) the campaign would not be run because of Chilean parliamentary elections - and collected CL$5,692,426,301 (counting from 00:32 hours on December 8) delivered at the National Stadium of Chile. The poster girl on that occasion was Nicole Núñez.


1996 Chilean telethon
This edition was famous for the slogan "Identify with the Telethon", which was also the name of the official theme song of this edition sung by Don Francisco and a group of local singers. For reasons still unclear, this song was never released as a single.


1996 Chilean telethon, The build-up
After the perceived failure of the previous Telethon, this was a time of change for the campaign, starting with a change of logo, dropping the classic typeface from 1978. Also, during the preceding campaign, television programmes had on their sets a board saying "(Name of the program) identifies with Telethon", and on the back the guests stamped their fingerprint and signature, confirming their commitment to the campaign.


1996 Chilean telethon, The build-up
The fundraising target was simply to exceed the amount raised in the previous year, i.e. $5,534,774,829.


1996 Chilean telethon, The event
As usual, the event began at the Teatro Teletón with some moving words from Mario Kreutzberger, in which he spoke about the campaign and then sang the Telethon theme with a children's choir. The first section featured artists such as Ricardo Montaner, Illapu, Dinamita Show and Alberto Plaza. In addition Ciclodance were introduced; they had appeared on the show since 1990. The first section concluded with a summary of the previous season's campaign.


1996 Chilean telethon, The event
In the small hours there was an act called Risatón, where a group of comedians such as Alvaro Salas, Ricardo Meruane and Bombo Fica gathered on stage. Then came the so-called Bailetón (danceathon), from the city of Concepción, directed by Rafael Araneda, Cristian Velasco and Laura Silva.


1996 Chilean telethon, The event
At dawn came the section called "Waking Women" by Felipe Camiroaga and Kike Morandé, with celebrities like Ivan Valenzuela, Fernando Solabarrieta and the winner Felipe Viel.


1996 Chilean telethon, The event
By the close of the show at the Theatre, the amount raised came to CL$3,566,320,945. There followed an hour during which the television channels separated to broadcast their respective newscasts. Then began the final section, in the National Stadium, with a performance of the Ode to Joy by José Alfredo Fuentes, who that year celebrated the 30th year of his career . There were appearances by artists including Proyecto Uno, Enrique Iglesias, Marcos Llunas, Ednita Nazario and El General.


1996 Chilean telethon, The event
It was surprising was that at 23.36 hours, the compere Kike Morandé was hoping that the total would exceed 5 billion pesos. The count yielded the surprising figure of $5,083,326,540, which meant that the goal would soon be reached.


1996 Chilean telethon, The event
Later, the final total emerged, bringing joy to all the entertainers and the crowd at the stadium: CL$5,692,426,301. Closing the event, Don Francisco showed his gratitude to all those who had helped, and closed the event with its official theme song.


1996 Chilean telethon, The rise of a song
During the final section of the show, at the National Stadium in Santiago, something notable took place when Jorge Hevia, one of the presenters, realized that part of the audience chanted ¡Vamos chilenos!, a song used by Chilean football fans to encourage their national team. The host of the programme Buenos días a todos (Eng. : Good morning everybody) on TVN began to sing the song. Then Don Francisco sang the song in his own way and almost magically the lyrics of a jingle emerged. It has since accompanied the Telethon and in general all Chileans and in later years would become the unofficial anthem of the Chile national football team:


1996 Chilean telethon, The rise of a song
(Eng. : Come on, come on Chileans, tonight we are going to succeed)


1996 Chilean telethon, The rise of a song
That night after the Telethon achieved its goal the song was:


1996 Chilean telethon, The rise of a song
(Eng. : Come on, come on Chileans, tonight the goal was achieved)


1996 Chilean telethon, The rise of a song
(Eng. : Thank you, thank you Chileans, tonight the goal was achieved)


1996 Chimbote earthquake
The 1996 Chimbote earthquake occurred on February 21 at 07:51 local time about 130 km off the coast of northern Peru, near the Peru–Chile Trench. It was an earthquake of magnitude Mw 7.4.


1996 Chimbote earthquake, Geology
The mechanism inferred from data is a low-angle thrust of the Nazca Plate, which is subducting beneath the South American Plate. This earthquake occurred in an area where the Peru–Chile subduction zone is relatively quiet.


1996 Chimbote earthquake, Tsunami
This earthquake was special in that it generated a disproportionally large tsunami. Earthquakes with slow rupture velocities are the most efficient tsunami generators, and the rupture velocity of this earthquake was classified as moderately slow (Newman and Okal, 1996). The tsunami affected the Peruvian coastal area from Pacasmayo, La Libertad to Callao. The straight-line distance between the two areas is about 590 km. The greatest runup value of the tsunami was 5.14 m, recorded at the port of Chimbote, located on the north side of Chimbote Bay.


1996 Chimbote earthquake, Tsunami
Twelve people were killed by the tsunami, all in remote areas, likely due to lack of information. In more populated areas, such as Chimbote, people were aware of the approaching tsunami and were able to evacuate the coast in time. A 60 cm tsunami was recorded in Easter Island and 25 cm in Hilo.


1996 Chimbote earthquake, Aftershocks
The aftershock pattern of this earthquake ranged from 120 to 180 km off the coast and seemed to parallel the Peru–Chile Trench and the Peruvian coastline. Of the mechanisms of two of the larger aftershocks, one was a shallow thrust, and the other one was normal faulting.


1996 China Masters
The 1996 Strachan China Masters was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in China in 1996. Rod Lawler won the tournament defeating Shokat Ali 6–3 in the final.


1996 Chinese FA Cup
The PHILIPS 1996 China FA Cup (Chinese: 1996飞利浦中国足球协会杯) was the second edition of Chinese FA Cup. The cup title sponsor was Philips.


1996 Chinese Football Super Cup
The 1996 Chinese Football Super Cup (Chinese: 1996年中国足球超霸杯赛) was the 2nd Chinese Football Super Cup, contested by Chinese Jia-A League 1996 winners Dalian Wanda and 1996 Chinese FA Cup winners Beijing Guoan. Dalian Wanda beat Beijing Guoan 3–2 at Shenzhen Stadium, thus winning their first Chinese Football Super Cup title.


1996 Chinese Jia-A League
The 1996 Chinese Jia-A League (known as Marlboro Jia-A League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of professional association football and the 35th top-tier overall league season held in China. Starting on April 14th 1996 and ending on October 27th 1996 saw Dalian Wanda win their second championship title.


1996 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Dalian Wanda won the championship.


1996 Chinese Jia-A League, Awards
Goalkeeper: Han Wenhai (Dalian Wanda)Defence: Wei Qun (Sichuan Quanxing), Xu Hong (Dalian Wanda), Zhang Enhua (Dalian Wanda), Wu Chengying (Shanghai Shenhua)Midfield: Peng Weiguo (Guangzhou Songri), Fan Zhiyi (Shanghai Shenhua), Ma Mingyu (Guangdong Hongyuan), Cao Xiandong ()Attack: Hao Haidong (August 1), Gao Feng (Beijing Guoan),


1996 Chinese Taipei National Football League
Statistics of Chinese Taipei National Football League in the 1996 season.


1996 Chrono des Herbiers
The 1996 Chrono des Herbiers was the 15th edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 20 October 1996. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Chris Boardman.


1996 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1996 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented University of Cincinnati during 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1996 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 1996 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 29th year in professional football and its 27th with the National Football League. The Dave Shula era comes to a sudden end when he is fired after a 1–6 start, as Jeff Blake struggles with turnovers. Former Bengals TE Bruce Coslet, former New York Jets head coach, and the team's offensive coordinator, would replace Shula as head coach. The move paid off right away as the Bengals won the first 3 games under Coslet. After losing two of their next three games, the Bengals closed the year with three straight wins to finish with an 8–8 record. One bright spot during the season, was that WR Carl Pickens became the first member of the Bengals to have 100 receptions in a season.


1996 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 1996 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central.


1996 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Opening Day lineup
Note: the two lineups have multiple differences, as the Expos had scheduled right-hander Pedro Martínez to start on April 1; he was replaced by left-hander Jeff Fassero for the April 2 game.


1996 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. Labour retained control of the council.


1996 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1996 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1996 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 September 1996 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.


1996 City of Lincoln Council election
The 1996 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 2 May 1996. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party retained control of the council.


1996 City of Lincoln Council election, Overall results
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.


1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
A leadership election for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS)  was held in the Czech Republic on 9 December 1996. Václav Klaus was reelected leader of ODS. Election was part of 7th Congress of the party. Klaus received 249 votes of 295. It was the last time when leader was elected for one-year term. Christian Democratic Party was merged with ODS at the congress. Delegates also voted in favour of change of political style.


1996 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
Klaus' victory wasn't as decisive as in previous elections which was considered a sign of tension within the party. Some members of the party delivered critical speeches during the election. This includes Jan Ruml and Josef Zieleniec.


1996 Clarence state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Clarence on 25 May 1996 following the resignation of sitting member, Ian Causley (National), to contest federal seat of Page at the 1996 election.


1996 Clarence state by-election
On the same day, by-elections were held in the seats of Orange, Pittwater, Southern Highlands and Strathfield.


1996 Clarence state by-election
All seats were retained by the Liberal-National Parties, with the exception of Clarence, that was won by the Labor Party with a swing on a two-party preferred basis of 13.96%. The successful ALP candidate was Harry Woods who was the sitting member for the federal seat of Page when he was defeated at the 1996 federal election by Ian Causley, ironically the previous member for Clarence.


1996 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The 1996 Clemson Tigers baseball team represented Clemson University in the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played their home games at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, South Carolina.


1996 Clemson Tigers baseball team
The team was coached by Jack Leggett, who completed his third season at Clemson. The Tigers reached the 1996 College World Series, their eighth appearance in Omaha. They lost twice to Miami (FL), with wins against Oklahoma and Alabama, to finish with a 2–2 record in Omaha.


1996 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1996 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1996 Cleveland Indians season
The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the Cleveland Indians' third season at Jacobs Field. For the second consecutive season, the Indians had the best record in Major League Baseball. This was the first time in franchise history that the Indians had accomplished that feat. Between May 30 and August 19, the Indians hit at least one double in each of 75 games, the longest such streak in MLB since 1901.


1996 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
Once again, the Indians had a formidable offensive lineup. They led the Majors in hits (1,665), batting average (.293), on-base percentage (.369). They also struck out an MLB-low 844 times.


1996 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Clásica de Almería
The 1996 Clásica de Almería was the 11th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 17 February 1996. The race was won by Wilfried Nelissen.


1996 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 1996 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 16th edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 10 August 1996. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Udo Bölts of the Telekom team.


1996 Clásico RCN
The 36th edition of the Clásico RCN was held from Saturday March 16 to Monday March 25, 1996, in Colombia.


1996 Coca-Cola 600
The 1996 Coca-Cola 600, the 37th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 26, 1996 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested for 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 11th race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Dale Jarrett of Robert Yates Racing won the race.


1996 Coca-Cola 600
Chuck Bown would make his final Cup Series start in this race.


1996 Coca-Cola 600
On the day of the race, 0.01 inches of precipitation were recorded around the speedway.


1996 Coca-Cola 600, Background
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and The Winston Select, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI).


1996 Colchester Borough Council election, Ward Results, Tiptree
† The change in vote share for J. Webb is calculated from 1992, when they last stood for election.


1996 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1996 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate tied for second in the Patriot League.


1996 Colgate Red Raiders football team
In its first season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 6–5 record. Marcus Cameron and Adam Sofran were the team captains.


1996 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The Red Raiders outscored opponents 285 to 254. Their 3–2 conference record tied for second in the six-team Patriot League standings.


1996 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


1996 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1996 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 1996 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).


1996 College Football All-America Team
The 1996 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News and Football News.


1996 College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. The NCAA officially recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, and FN to determine Consensus All-Americans.


1996 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 1996 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Grainger Stadium in Kinston, North Carolina from May 14 through May 18. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 1996 season. Defending champion and top-seeded Old Dominion won the tournament for the third consecutive, and third overall, time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1996 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, East Carolina had won the most championships, with five. George Mason and had Old Dominion each won two, while Richmond had won once.


1996 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The CAA's teams were seeded one to eight based on winning percentage from the conference's round robin regular season. They played a double-elimination tournament.


1996 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Most Valuable Player
Ron Walker was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Walker was a third baseman and pitcher for Old Dominion.


1996 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1996 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Rick Neuheisel.


1996 Colorado Buffaloes football team
With the bowl victory, Colorado recorded its third straight 10-win season for the first time in school history.


1996 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 1996 season was the fourth for the Rockies. Managed by Don Baylor, they played home games at Coors Field and finished with a record of 83-79, third in the NL West.


1996 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1996 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Colorado State Rams football team
The 1996 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1996 Columbia Lions football team
The 1996 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished second in the Ivy League.


1996 Columbia Lions football team
In their eighth season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 8–2 record and outscored opponents 181 to 159. Ryan Gabriele, Randy Murff, Marcellus Wiley and Rory Wilfork were the team captains.


1996 Columbia Lions football team
Despite a 5–2 conference record that placed second in the Ivy League standings, Columbia was outscored 133 to 119 by Ivy opponents.


1996 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor
The 1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and ran from February 26 through March 3, 1996. Second-seeded Jim Courier won the singles title.


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor, Finals, Doubles
Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde defeated  Byron Black /  Grant Connell 7–6, 6–2


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Doubles
Jim Grabb and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions but only Grabb competed that year with Richey Reneberg.


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Doubles
Grabb and Reneberg lost in the first round to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Doubles
Woodbridge and Woodforde won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Byron Black and Grant Connell.


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Singles
Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell.


1996 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Singles
Jim Courier won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Chris Woodruff.


1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 1996 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the fourth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Dynamo Kyiv in their first participation in the competition, while Omari Tetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz) was honored as the Best player award. In a change from the previous years, top two teams of each group progressed through the first stage, and a quarterfinal round was played for the first time.


1996 Comorian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Comoros on 20 October 1996. The proposed amendments would set the presidential term at 6 years, create a unicameral parliament, and limit the authority of the individual islands' parliaments. The proposals were approved by 85% of voters, with a turnout of around 64%.


1996 Comorian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Comoros on 1 December 1996, with a second round in six seats on 8 December. The result was a victory for the National Rally for Development, which won 36 of the 43 seats, some of them uncontested. In addition to independent candidates, the only other party to run was the National Front for Justice following a boycott by several parties in protest at the lack of an independent electoral commission and revision of the electoral registers. Voter turnout was very low, at around 20%.


1996 Comorian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 6 March 1996, with a second round on 16 March. They were won by Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, who had come second in the 1990 elections (despite winning the most votes in the first round), and who had briefly served as acting President in October 1995 in the aftermath of another coup attempt led by Bob Denard.


1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 1996 postseason college baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from May 14–19. Tulane won the tournament and received Conference USA's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament consisted of nine teams with a play-in game, two double-elimination brackets, and a single-game final.


1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Bracket, Play-In Game
The two teams with the worst records in regular season conference play faced each other in a single elimination situation to earn the 8th spot in the conference tournament.


1996 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Finish order
† - Winner of the tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. # - Received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.


1996 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9 at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. This was the first edition of the tournament.


1996 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Cincinnati defeated Marquette in the inaugural championship game, 85–84, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship.


1996 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The Bearcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members Louisville, Marquette, and Memphis, who all earned at-large bids.


1996 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Conference USA was formed in 1995 by eleven former members the Metro Conference and the Great Midwest Conference (Dayton, VCU, and Virginia Tech were excluded). The conference's twelfth member, Houston, was to join for the 1996–97 season. For scheduling purposes, the eleven teams were placed into one of three three- or four-team divisions (Red, White, and Blue).


1996 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eleven teams participated in the tournament and were seeded based on their regular season conference records, regardless of division. The top five teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round, and the bottom six teams were entered into the preliminary first round.


1996 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1996 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the second edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of South Florida and the final games were played at USF Soccer Stadium.


1996 Connecticut Coyotes season
The 1996 Connecticut Coyotes season was the second of two seasons for the Connecticut Coyotes. They finished the 1996 Arena Football League season 2–12 and were one of four teams in the National Conference to miss the playoffs.


1996 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1996 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by third year head coach Skip Holtz, and completed the season with a record of 4–6.


1996 Continental Championships and the Wilkinson Lady Championships
The 1996 Continental Championships and Wilkinson Lady Championships were tennis tournaments played on grass courts in Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands and were part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1996 WTA Tour. The men's tournament ran from 10 June through 16 June 1996, while the women's tournament ran from 17 June through 22 June 1996. Richey Reneberg and Anke Huber won the singles titles.


1996 Continental Championships and the Wilkinson Lady Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Paul Kilderry /  Pavel Vízner defeated  Anders Järryd /  Daniel Nestor 7–5, 6–3


1996 Continental Championships and the Wilkinson Lady Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Larisa Neiland /  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated  Kristie Boogert /  Helena Suková 6–4, 7–6(9–7)


1996 Continental Championships – Doubles
Richard Krajicek and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kenneth Carlsen and Frederik Fetterlein.


1996 Continental Championships – Doubles
Paul Kilderry and Pavel Vízner won in the final 7–5, 6–3 against Anders Järryd and Daniel Nestor.


1996 Continental Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1996 Continental Championships – Singles
Karol Kučera was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1996 Continental Championships – Singles
Richey Reneberg won in the final 6–4, 6–0 against Stéphane Simian.


1996 Continental Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 5, 1996.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information
1996 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President, House, and Senate) and those for state elections.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, Primary election
Turnout in the primaries was 30.39%, with 776,069 ballots cast. Chicago saw 35.02% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 25.46% turnout.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout, General election
The general election saw turnout of 64.37%, with 1,774,961 ballots cast. Chicago saw 63.17% turnout (with 902,514 ballots cast), and suburban Cook County saw 65.66% turnout (with 872,447 ballots cast).


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Straight-ticket voting
Ballots had a straight-ticket voting option in 1996. This would be the last Cook County election with straight-ticket voting, as it would be abolished in Illinois in 1997.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 1996 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election,  incumbent second-term clerk Aurelia Pucinski, a Democrat, was reelected.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds
In the 1996 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election, incumbent first-term recorder of deeds Jesse White, a Democrat, was reelected.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
In the 1996 Cook County State's Attorney election, incumbent state's attorney Jack O'Malley, a Republican first elected in a special election in 1990 and subsequently reelected in 1992, was defeated by Democrat Richard A. Devine.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, General election
Few had seen Devine as having much prospect of unseating O'Malley, a popular incumbent who was regarded as a rising political star. Devine's strong victory over O'Malley was regarded as a very surprising upset.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, General election
Devine was regarded as having ridden the coattails of a Democratic wave in Illinois which saw incumbent president Bill Clinton and his vice president Al Gore carry the state by nearly twenty-points in the presidential election and Illinois also elect Dick Durbin in its U.S. Senate election.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, General election
Even Devine himself expressed surprise at just how large his margin-of-victory was over O'Malley.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
In the 1996 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election. All three Democratic nominees won election.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Pasrtisan elections were held for judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County due to vacancies. Retention elections were also held for the Circuit Court.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
Partisan elections were also held for subcircuit courts judgeships due to vacancies. Retention elections were held for other judgeships.


1996 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic, Republican, and Harold Washington Party committeemen for the wards of Chicago.


1996 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 1996 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the twenty third recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Avatiu won the championship, their fourth recorded championship, although some sources indicate that they also won the 1993 season.


1996 Copa Bolivia
The 1997 is the first edition of the Copa Bolivia. The Copa Bolivia would start on 24 January and end on October 31 and the final will be played at Estadio Hernando Siles.


1996 Copa Bolivia, Play-off round
The Play-off Round featured only LFPB and Copa Simón Bolívar  teams from the First and Second tiers of the Bolivian football league system. The matches were played on 24 January 1996 and end 7 February. There were two replays, with four ties requiring a penalty shootout to settle them.


1996 Copa Bolivia, Play-off round, Group A
Felix Capriles is the stadium to host group A and Estadio IV Centenário to Group B the draw for the teams would take place on 5 March.


1996 Copa Bolivia, Play-off round, Group B
Felix Capriles is the stadium to host group A and Estadio IV Centenário to Group B the draw for the teams would take place on 5 March.


1996 Copa CONMEBOL
The 1996 Copa CONMEBOL was the fifth edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Sixteen teams from the ten South American football confederations qualified for this tournament. Lanús defeated Santa Fe in the finals.


1996 Copa CONMEBOL Finals
The 1996 Copa CONMEBOL Finals were the final match series to decide the winner of the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL, a continental cup competition organised by CONMEBOL. The final was contested by Argentine club Club Atlético Lanús and Colombian Independiente Santa Fe.


1996 Copa CONMEBOL Finals
Played under a two-legged tie system, Lanús won the first leg held in Estadio Ciudad de Lanús in Lanús, while Santa Fe won the second leg at Estadio El Campín, Bogotá. Lanús won 2–1 on aggregate, achieving their first international title.


1996 Copa Chile
The Copa Chile 1996 was the 26th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 17, 1996, and concluded on November 30, 1996. Colo-Colo won the competition for their tenth time, beating Rangers in the finals.


1996 Copa Libertadores
The 1996 edition of Copa Libertadores was the 37th in the tournament's history. Twenty-one teams participated in the competition. River Plate, of Argentina, won the tournament for their second time. The tournament began on March 13 and ended on June 26.


1996 Copa Libertadores, Group stage
Twenty teams were divided into five groups of four teams each for the Group Stage. The top three teams of each group, as well as Grêmio (who received a bye as winners of the previous year's edition of the tournament) qualified to the Round of 16.


1996 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Round of 16
First leg matches were played between April 30 and May 2. Second leg matches were played on May 8 and May 9.


1996 Copa Libertadores, Knockout stages, Quarter-Finals
First leg matches were played on May 15. Second leg matches were played on May 22 and May 24.


1996 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1996 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 1996 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club River Plate and Colombian club América de Cali. The first leg was played at Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali, while the second leg was held in Estadio Monumental of Buenos Aires.


1996 Copa Perú
The 1996 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 1996), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


1996 Copa Perú
In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams plus the team relegated from First Division are divided in 6 groups by geographical proximity and each group winner goes to the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).


1996 Copa Perú, Finalists teams
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


1996 Copa de Oro
The 1996 Copa de Oro was the third and last Copa de Oro, a football competition for the reigning champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores, the Supercopa Libertadores, the Copa CONMEBOL, and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL; the latter competition replaced the berth taken by the winners of the Copa Master de Supercopa. It took place in Manaus, Brazil from August 13 to August 16.


1996 Copa de Oro
It was the first and only time the competition was hosted by a single nation and all the matches were played at the Vivaldão. The competition was contested by Grêmio, winners of the 1995 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo, runners-up of the 1995 Supercopa Libertadores, Rosario Central, winners of the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL, and São Paulo, winners of the 1996 Copa Master de Conmebol. Independiente, winners of the previous Supercopa Libertadores, declined to participate as they had in 1995.


1996 Copa de Oro
In the semifinals, Flamengo defeated Rosario Central 2-1, while São Paulo dispatched Grêmio by the same score. In the final, Flamengo beat São Paulo by 3-1 and won the last Copa de Oro title.


1996 Copa del Rey Final
The 1996 Copa del Rey Final was the 94th final of the Spanish cup competition, the Copa del Rey. The final was played at La Romareda Stadium in Zaragoza on 10 April 1996. The match was won by Atlético Madrid, who beat Barcelona 1–0, meaning Atlético completed the domestic double.


1996 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The 1996 Copa del Rey was the 60th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was played in Murcia in the Palacio de Deportes between February 22 and 25, 1996. TDK Manresa won its first title after defeating FC Barcelona in the overtime of the final game.


1996 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto, Final
A three-point shoot at the buzzer of Joan Creus allowed TDK Manresa to win its first title ever.


1996 Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil 1996 was the 8th staging of the Copa do Brasil.


1996 Copa do Brasil
The competition started on February 6, 1996, and concluded on June 16, 1996, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Parque Antártica in São Paulo, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the second time after a 2-1 victory over Palmeiras.


1996 Copa do Brasil
Luizão, of Palmeiras, with 8 goals, was the competition's topscorer.


1996 Copa do Brasil, Format
The preliminary round was disputed by 16 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting
On 10 March 1996, six members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club ambushed four rival Bandidos Motorcycle Club members outside Copenhagen Airport, killing one man and wounding three others with gunfire. A twin attack was also carried out at Oslo Airport, Fornebu in Norway within an hour of the Denmark shooting, leaving one man injured. The incident occurred during the Nordic Biker War (1994–97).


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Background
The Bandidos and Hells Angels motorcycle gangs became involved in a territorial dispute in early 1994 in southern Sweden, and the conflict subsequently spread to other parts of Scandinavia and Finland. A contributory cause to the tension between the gangs in Denmark was an incident which occurred on 26 December 1995 when between seven and ten Bandidos members assaulted and severely beat two Hells Angels members at a restaurant in Copenhagen.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Shooting
In the days before the shooting, Danish members of both the Bandidos and Hells Angels had been visiting Helsinki, Finland on separate business trips; the Bandidos were opening a new clubhouse, while the Hells Angels were attending a tattoo convention. By coincidence, the two groups of rival bikers were booked on the same flight returning to Copenhagen. The two groups encountered one another at Helsinki Airport and, according to police surveillance tapes, the four Hells Angels telephoned their clubhouse in Copenhagen and requested that a support team meet them upon their arrival in Denmark. Four Hells Angels members and two prospects in three cars would meet them at Copenhagen Airport. The Bandidos are also believed to have called for backup as they were met by two cars.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Shooting
The bikers arrived at Copenhagen Airport following a tense but uneventful flight. After the Bandidos entered two waiting cars outside the departures lounge and prepared to leave the parking area, three cars full of Hells Angels surrounded them. In the knowledge that the Bandidos would be unarmed having travelled through airport security, two Hells Angels gunmen left their vehicles and fired at least thirty-three shots from automatic weapons into a car, in which four Bandidos members were travelling, before fleeing.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Shooting
Uffe Lindenskov Larsen, president of the Bandidos' "Southside" chapter, was killed after being shot seven times in the head, chest and legs. The other three men – a Bandidos member, a prospect and a hangaround – were seriously wounded. The surviving Bandidos fled to the arrivals lounge where they collapsed from blood loss. The other Bandidos car escaped by driving the wrong way down a one-way street, narrowly avoiding a bus.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Shooting
Within an hour of the ambush at Copenhagen, a twin attack was carried out at Oslo Airport, Fornebu in Norway, during which Bandidos member Lars Harnes was shot in the chest and wounded with a handgun in the airport's arrivals lobby by Torkjell "Rotta" ("Rat") Alsaker, president of the Hells Angels' Oslo chapter.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Aftermath
The killing of Uffe Larsen is considered the beginning of the bloodiest phase of the Nordic Biker War, which reached its zenith with a retaliatory rocket attack carried out by the Bandidos that killed a Hells Angels prospect and a female bystander in Copenhagen six months later. Due to the rarity of gang violence in Danish society in the 1990s, the shooting made worldwide news and resulted in a crackdown by authorities.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Aftermath
Although motorcycle gangs had been active in Denmark since the late 1970s, inter-gang violence was rare and the bikers (called "rockers" in Denmark) were considered social misfits rather than organized criminals. Biker gangs had taken advantage of a government policy of subsidizing clubhouses of any hobbyist or special interest group with a membership of five or more. Motorcycle gang headquarters, many of which were situated in residential areas, received subsidies from this program and, following the Copenhagen Airport incident, these clubhouses became targets for attacks.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Aftermath
The Danish government responded to the escalation in violence with anti-crime legislation, which resulted in increased powers for the police and longer prison sentences for many offences. A bill, known as the Rockerloven ("Rocker Act") by the media, was passed on 15 October 1996 to allow the police to evict biker gangs from their clubhouses.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Litigation
Copenhagen police arrested and charged three Hells Angels members with murder on 12 March 1996 – two days after the shooting. Prospective club members were also later charged. The subsequent trial began at the Østre Landsret (High Court of Eastern Denmark) on 11 November 1996 and ended on 20 December. Two Hells Angels – Michael Brokside and Jørgen "Fehår" Nielsen – were convicted of murder, although Nielsen was freed after the judge refused to ratify the jury's guilty verdict. Brokside was sentenced to sixteen years in prison. Kim Jensen and Ove Witthøft were convicted on three counts of attempted murder; Jensen was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment and Witthøft to six years'. Svend Erik Holst and Johnny Engelhof Nielsen were both acquitted of murder and attempted murder, but Holst was found guilty of weapons offences.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Litigation
In early 1997, a mobile cellphone was smuggled into Vestre Prison for Michael Brokside. Police were able to intercept Brokside's telephone conversations with the acquitted Hells Angels members and recorded approximately twenty hours of audio evidence. These conversations revealed that, shortly after the trial concluded, Brokside and some of the acquitted were awarded with the "Filthy Few" patch, which is given to Hells Angels members who have killed on behalf of the club.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Litigation
With new evidence obtained, state attorney Karsten Hjorth decided on 3 April 1997 to raise a new case against those found not guilty of partaking in the airport shooting. On 16 October 1997, Jørgen Nielsen was sentenced to sixteen years' imprisonment for the murder of Uffe Larsen, while Svend Erik Holst and Johnny Engelhof Nielsen were each sentenced to ten years' for complicity in the killing as they had both served as drivers in two cars during the attack. However, at the Supreme Court on 8 September 1998, the sentence against Jørgen Nielsen was increased to life imprisonment. At the same time, Holst and Johnny Engelhof Nielsen's sentences were also increased to twelve years in prison. On 27 June 2013, Jørgen Nielsen was released from Enner Mark Prison after serving seventeen years of his sentence.


1996 Copenhagen Airport shooting, Litigation
Hells Angels Oslo chapter president Torkjell "Rotta" Alsaker was found guilty of attempted murder in the shooting of Lars Harnes at Fornebu airport and was sentenced to three years in prison in November 1998.


1996 Copenhagen Open
The 1996 Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen, Denmark and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 11 March until 17 March 1996. Third-seeded Cédric Pioline won the singles title.


1996 Copenhagen Open, Finals, Doubles
Libor Pimek /  Byron Talbot defeated  Wayne Arthurs /  Andrew Kratzmann 7–6, 3–6, 6–3


1996 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
In the Doubles competition of the 1996 Copenhagen Open, Mark Keil and Peter Nyborg were the defending champions but they played with different partners that year(Keil with Jeff Tarango and Nyborg with Menno Oosting).


1996 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
Keil and Tarango lost in the first round to Lorenzo Manta and Pavel Vízner.


1996 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
Nyborg and Oosting lost in the quarterfinals to Wayne Arthurs and Andrew Kratzmann.


1996 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot won in the final 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 against Arthurs and Kratzmann.


1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles
Martin Sinner was the defending singles champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tim Henman.


1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles
Cédric Pioline won in the final 6–2, 7–6(9–7) against Kenneth Carlsen.


1996 Copenhagen Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack
On 6 October 1996, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the headquarters of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Copenhagen, Denmark, killing two people and injuring nineteen others. A prospective member of the rival Bandidos Motorcycle Club was convicted of perpetrating the attack, which occurred during the Nordic Biker War (1994–97).


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Background
A conflict between the Bandidos and Hells Angels, known as the Nordic Biker War, commenced in January 1994. After its beginning in southern Sweden, violence involving the rival clubs also took place in Norway and Finland, before eventually reaching Denmark on 26 December 1995, when two Hells Angels members were severely beaten by a group of Bandidos at a restaurant in Copenhagen. The Hells Angels retaliated by ambushing and shooting Bandidos members at Copenhagen Airport on 10 March 1996, killing Bandidos "Southside" chapter president Uffe Lindenskov Larsen and sparking the most violent phase of the biker war.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Background
On 17 April 1996, the clubhouse of the Hells Angels' "South" chapter in Snoldelev was hit with an anti-tank missile. Fourteen bikers inside were able to avoid serious injury. Four hours later, a second missile hit the clubhouse of the Hells Angels-affiliated Avengers Motorcycle Club in Aalborg. Four gang members sleeping in the building were unhurt by the missile, which did not detonate. A series of tit-for-tat shootings, grenade attacks and car bombings were carried out in the following months.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Background
The fortified compound used as a clubhouse by the Copenhagen Hells Angels chapter, located at Titangade 2–4 in the Ydre Nørrebro area of the city, was first targeted on 21 July 1996, when a six kilogram remote-controlled bomb hidden in a sports bag was placed in front of the clubhouse. The bomb failed to explode when the radio-controlled trigger malfunctioned, potentially saving the lives of four Hells Angels members in the building as well as residents of the street. The device was later detonated by police.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Background
The fingerprints of Jacob "Hip Hop" Andersen, a member of the Bandidos chapter in Dalby, were found on the sports bag by police technicians. He was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in 1997. Under pressure from local residents, mayor of Copenhagen Jens Kramer Mikkelsen ordered the Hells Angels to leave their headquarters, which they rented from the city under a law providing low-cost leases to clubs and civic organisations, in September 1996. The Hells Angels refused, however.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Attack
At the height of the biker war, the Copenhagen Hells Angels made the contentious decision to host their annual "Viking Party" at their clubhouse on Titangade in Nørrebro on 5 October 1996. The party was attended by approximately one-hundred-and-fifty people, including Hells Angels from Denmark and Sweden, as well as local residents who were invited by the club via posters in an apparent attempt to mollify members of the public who were outraged by the spiraling motorcycle gang violence. In expectance of another attack, police officers patrolled the perimeter, and parking near the clubhouse walls was prohibited.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Attack
At approximately 3:05 am on 6 October 1996, a shoulder-fired missile was fired at the clubhouse from the sloping roof of a building between seventy and 330 yards behind the compound. The missile exploded after penetrating the building's concrete walls, killing two people – thirty-nine-year old prospective Hells Angels member Louis Linde Nielsen and Janne Krohn, a twenty-nine-year-old single mother from the local area with no links to the club – and wounding nineteen others, including Hells Angels Denmark national president Christian Middelboe. All of the wounded were Danish, except for one Norwegian.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Attack
Around half of the party's attendees were congregated around a bar at the time of the explosion. The injuries were caused by shrapnel or by the extreme heat generated by the grenade. The Carl Gustaf M3 84 mm recoilless anti-tank rifle used in the attack was one of twelve stolen from a Swedish Army weapons depot in Malmö during a burglary on 19 February 1994. A second, unfired, grenade was also found on the rooftop. Other sources have reported that the weapon used was an AT4.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Aftermath
The rocket attack on the Hells Angels' clubhouse party is considered the zenith of the Nordic Biker War. Janne Krohn became the first person from outside the gang environment to be killed as a result of the conflict and political condemnation followed the attack, with Prime Minister of Denmark Poul Nyrup Rasmussen describing the event as "abominable". Justice Minister Bjørn Westh, along with senior police officials, visited the scene of the attack.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Aftermath
Reacting to the concern caused by the escalation in motorcycle gang violence, the Danish government introduced harsher anti-crime legislation, which resulted in increased powers for the police and longer prison sentences for many offences. A bill, known as the Rockerloven ("Rocker Act") by the media, was passed on 15 October 1996 to allow the police to evict biker gangs from their clubhouses.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Litigation
Suspicion fell on the Bandidos immediately after the attack, and police searched the residences of several Bandidos members in Copenhagen. Bandidos member Mickey Borgfjord Larsen was taken into custody on 24 October 1996 after his fingerprints were found on a submachine gun that was thrown away by the assailants in Fælledparken following the rocket attack. He was charged with the attack on the Hells Angels clubhouse as well as the attempted murder of senior Hells Angels member Jørn "Jønke" Nielsen, who was shot in his cell at Jyderup prison on 25 July 1996. Larsen was released after four months in custody due to a lack of evidence.


1996 Copenhagen rocket attack, Litigation
Investigators believed from the beginning that the perpetrator likely had a military background and experience with anti-tank weaponry. A Bandidos member informed police that the likely culprit could be Niels Poulsen, a club prospect with anti-tank training in the military. Poulsen had travelled to France but was arrested upon his return to Denmark on 19 November 1996. Poulsen's DNA matched that of the blood residue found on a balaclava that was discovered in a basement stairwell near the crime scene, and it was also proved that a scar under Poulsen's eye was sustained while firing the weapon. He was convicted of carrying out the attack and was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Eastern High Court on 13 March 1998. Poulsen was released from prison on probation in December 2015. At the time, he was the last gang member imprisoned for crimes committed during the biker war.


1996 Coppa Italia Final
The 1996 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1995–96 Coppa Italia, the 49th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs on 2 and 18 May 1996 between Fiorentina and Atalanta. The final was won by Fiorentina, who claimed their fifth Coppa Italia title with a 3–0 aggregate victory.


1996 Copper Bowl
The 1996 Copper Bowl was the 8th edition of the bowl game. It was between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Utah Utes.


1996 Copper Bowl, Game summary
Wisconsin scored first on a 38-yard touchdown run from Mike Samuel to open a 7–0 lead. Utah's Daniel Pulsipher answered with a 24-yard field goal to make it 7–3 Wisconsin. Wisconsin's Ron Dayne scored on a 40-yard touchdown run to make it 14–3 Wisconsin.


1996 Copper Bowl, Game summary
In the second quarter, Wisconsin's Cyrill Weems intercepted a Utah pass, and returned it 82 yards for a touchdown, making it 21–3 Wisconsin. John Hall added a 38-yard field goal to make it 24–3. Freshman running back Ron Dayne added a 3-yard touchdown run to make it 31–3 Wisconsin at halftime. In the third quarter, Juan Johnson scored on a 1-yard run to make it 31–10. Dayne's third touchdown run of the game, a 1 yarder, made the final score Wisconsin 38, Utah 10.


1996 Copper Bowl, Game summary
Dayne finished the game with 30 carries for 246 yards and three touchdowns, breaking the Copper Bowl rushing record and the Big Ten single-season rushing record with the accumulated yardage. This yardage (and the yardage gained in his other three bowl game appearances) is not included in Dayne's NCAA record-breaking career rushing total of 6,397 yards, as it would be for any back trying to break the record today. Dayne was named the offensive most valuable player of the game.


1996 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1996 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 87th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 10 December 1995. The championship began on 15 June 1996 and ended on 3 November 1996.


1996 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 3 November 1996, Newtownshandrum won the championship after a 0-12 to 0-09 defeat of Cloyne in a final replay at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It was their fourth championship title overall and their first title since 1981.


1996 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Newtownshandrum's Ben O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 3-33.


1996 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
The 1996 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 99th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board.


1996 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Argideen Rangers won the championship following a 3–09 to 0–11 defeat of Fr. O'Neill's in the final. It remains their only championship title.


1996 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1996 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 108th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 10 December 1995. The championship began on 27 April 1996 and ended on 20 October 1996.


1996 Cork Senior Football Championship
Bantry Blues entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Beara at the quarter-final stage.


1996 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 20 October 1996, Clonakilty won the championship following a 1-09 to 0-10 defeat of University College Cork in the final. This was their 8th championship title overall and their first title since 1952.


1996 Cork Senior Football Championship
Colin Corkery from the Nemo Rangers club was the championship's top scorer with 0-21.


1996 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1996 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 108th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 10 December 1995. The championship began on 2 June 1996 and ended on 6 October 1996.


1996 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Na Piarsaigh entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Imokilly at the semi-final stage.


1996 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 6 October 1996, Avondhu won the championship following a 0-13 to 1-08 defeat of Imokilly in a replay of the final. This was their third championship title overall and their first in 30 championship seasons.


1996 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Imokilly's Jimmy Smiddy was the championship's top scorer with 3-38.


1996 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.


1996 Cornell Big Red football team
In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.


1996 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.


1996 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1996 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1996 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1996, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. This was the 60th held game. The Cotton Bowl Classic was part of the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The bowl game featured the Colorado Buffaloes from the Big Eight and the Oregon Ducks from the Pacific-10 Conference. The game was televised on CBS.


1996 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Colorado had only a 13–6 halftime lead, but the Buffs scored 25 straight points in the second half while also shutting out Oregon.


1996 Country Music Association Awards
The 1996 Country Music Association Awards, 30th Ceremony, was held on October 2, 1996 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award Winner, Vince Gill.


1996 County Championship
The 1996 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 97th officially organised running of the County Championship. Leicestershire won the Championship.


1996 Coupe de France Final
The Coupe de France Final 1996 was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on May 4, 1996, that saw AJ Auxerre defeat Nîmes Olympique 2–1 thanks to goals by Laurent Blanc and Lilian Laslandes.


1996 Coupe de la Ligue Final
The Coupe de la Ligue Final 1996 was a football match held at Parc des Princes, Paris on April 6, 1996, that saw FC Metz defeat Olympique Lyonnais in a penalty shootout


1996 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Match details
Stéphane Roche Éric Assadourian Florian Maurice Éric Roy Pascal Olmeta Marcelo


1996 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Match details
Sylvain Kastendeuch Philippe Gaillot Isaias Magalhaes Da Silva Robert Pires Stéphane Adam Cyrille Pouget


1996 Cricket World Cup
The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 after its official sponsors, ITC's Wills brand, was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was a second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, which defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Hosts
The World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 different venues, while Pakistan hosted 16 matches at 6 venues and Sri Lanka hosted 4 matches at 3 venues.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Hosts
Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played; Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. Sri Lanka, in addition to offering maximum security to the teams, questioned the validity of citing security concerns when the International Cricket Council had determined it was safe. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Teams
All the Test-playing nations participated in the competition, including Zimbabwe, who became the ninth Test-status member of the ICC following the last World Cup. The three Associate teams (previously one) to qualify through the 1994 ICC Trophy – the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and the Netherlands – also made their World Cup debuts in 1996. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches, including a defeat to the UAE, while Kenya recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Summary
The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Summary
Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006. Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This became the highest individual score ever in any World Cup match until it was surpassed by first Chris Gayle of the West Indies and later Martin Guptill who scored 215 and 237 respectively in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Summary
Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110,000. After they had lost both openers cheaply, Sri Lanka launched a stunning counter-attack led by Aravinda de Silva to post a strong total of 251 for 8, in the chase India began promisingly but after the loss of Sachin Tendulkar's prized wicket they had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over when sections of the crowd began to throw fruit and plastic bottles onto the field.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Summary
The players left the field for 20 minutes in an attempt to quieten the crowd. When the players returned for play, more bottles were thrown onto the field and fires were lit in the stand. Match referee Clive Lloyd awarded the match to Sri Lanka, the first default ever in a Test or One Day International.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Summary
In the second semi-final in Mohali, Australia recovered from 15 for 4 to reach 207 for 8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165 for 2 in the 42nd over before losing their last 8 wickets for 37 runs in 50 balls.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Summary
Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and sent Australia in to bat despite the team batting first having won all five previous World Cup finals. Mark Taylor top scored with 74 in Australia's total of 241 for 7. Sri Lanka won the match in the 47th over with Aravinda de Silva following his 3 for 42 with an unbeaten 107 to win the Player of the Match award. It was the first time a tournament host or co-host had won the cricket World Cup.


1996 Cricket World Cup, Final
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Mark Taylor (74 from 83 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) and Ricky Ponting (45 from 73 balls, 2 fours) shared a second-wicket partnership of 101 runs. When Ponting and Taylor were dismissed, however, Australia fell from 137/1 to 170/5 as the famed four-pronged spin attack of Sri Lanka took its toll. Despite the slump, Australia struggled on to 241/7 from their 50 overs.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final
The 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup Final was the sixth installment of the ICC Cricket World Cup since its inception in 1975 in England. The match was played on 17 March 1996 at Lahore's 62,645 capacity Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan for the first time.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final
The match was contested between former World Cup winners Australia and underdog Sri Lanka. It was Australia's 3rd World Cup final appearance after their win in the 1987 edition and the loss to West Indies in the 1975 ICC Cricket World Cup final.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final
Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga won the toss and sent Australia out to bat. After a blazing start from captain Mark Taylor and young superstar and future captain Ricky Ponting, Australia fell from being 1–137 to 5–170 after which Sri Lanka's 4 prong spin attack took its toll. After Australia limped to 7–241 in its quota of 50 overs, Sri Lanka overcame a nervous start where they lost both openers before the score was 30, to win in 45 overs.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final
Sri Lankan batting sensation Aravinda De Silva played a match-winning knock of 107 not out and was assisted ably by fellow veterans Asanka Gurusingha (65) and captain Ranatunga (47 not out). De Silva was named man of the match after he had taken 3–42 in his 10 overs eairlier in the Australian innings as well & Sanath Jayasuriya got man of the series award.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
Australia and Sri Lanka had never previously faced each other in a major tournament final. Australia were former winners of the World Cup in 1987 whilst Sri Lanka had never gotten past the group stages of the competition. The two teams however, had a fierce rivalry stemming from Sri Lanka's tour to Australia in the summer of 1995/1996. Their up-and-coming spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan was the subject of much scrutiny during the tour as he was called for 'chucking' during the Boxing Day Test of 1995 by field umpire Darrell Hair.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
After the test series resulting in a resounding 3–0 win to Australia, the triangular one-day series, known as the 'Benson and Hedges World Series' was a much closer contest. Along with other participants the West Indies, Sri Lanka proved a challenge for the all conquering Australian team, who were not able to win easily like their past fixtures. Sri Lanka brushed the West Indies aside to reach the final of the tournament against Australia, sporting a full head of steam after defeating Australia in their previous match at the MCG.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
However, Australia ran out 2–0 winners and the tension between the teams was evident through the post-tournament celebrations. Mark Taylor, Australia's captain had offered to shake the hand of Ranatunga, who declined. Many thought that this was due to the Muralitharan affair. Many Sri Lankans cited the incident as an act of racism and discrimination towards the Sri Lankans and to Muralitharan himself. This was augmented by the chants from the fanatic Australian fans yelling No Ball!!" every time Muralitharan bowled a ball. Tensions, further overboiled with Australia refusing to play a scheduled World Cup group match in Colombo, Sri Lanka due to safety issues. Thus, handing Sri Lanka the points.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Road To Lahore
Sri Lanka had finished top of Group A ahead of Australia in who were in the same group. Their first match of the tournament was scheduled to be against Australia themselves at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. However, Australia citing safety concerns refused to play the game and forfeited, giving Sri Lanka a handy 2 points. Their next match against Zimbabwe also in Colombo proved to be an easy win for the Lankans with De Silva pounding 91 off 86 balls to lead the chase of 228 in 37 overs.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Road To Lahore
The West Indies then also followed suit handing Sri Lanka a further 2 points for the same reason as the Australians. Sri Lanka then head to Delhi, India to take on an in-form India. Tendulkar blitzed a century before Sanath Jayasuriya provided some fireworks of his own smashing 79 off 76 balls and leading Sri Lanka to a comfortable 6 wicket win chasing 272 for victory. Sri Lanka's final group match was against the lowly Kenya who had upset the West Indies earlier in the tournament.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Road To Lahore
However, Sri Lanka were far from complacent as a ruthless batting display lead them to the highest One Day International Team Score ever scoring 5–398 in their 50 overs. De Silva once again the star this time scoring 145. Sri Lanka then faced England in the quarter-finals of the competition. But the Englishmen proved to be no contest for the Sri Lankan's as new star Sanath Jayasuriya revelled in his opening role scoring a merciless 82 off 44 balls leading Sri Lanka to reach the score of 237 in 40 overs.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Road To Lahore
The semi-finals saw Sri Lanka pitted against India yet again at the 120,000 seater stadium of Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India. India were hot favourites to win, despite Sri Lanka's hot form coming into the game. India's home advantage was expected to see them through to the final. Captain Mohammad Azharuddin won the toss and knowing Sri Lanka's ability to chase down totals whilst batting second, put them in to bat first, even though the pitch was predicted to play up under the floodlights.


1996 Cricket World Cup Final, Road To Lahore
Sri Lanka's hopes seemed to be dashed as they lost both Jayasuriya and the equally destructive Romesh Kaluwitharana in the first over of the innings leaving Sri Lanka at 2–0. However, De Silva made a counterattacking 66 off just 47 balls shifting the momentum back to the Lankans. Sri Lanka eventually reached 8–251 from their 50 overs thanks to their long batting order. However, it again looked bleak for Sri Lanka as Sachin Tendulkar, India's own batting sensation lead India to 1–98 in around 20 overs. But his dismissal triggered an amazing collapse which left the favourites at 8–120. The Kolkata crowd began to throw bottles and other projectiles at the Sri Lankans who were awarded the match by default. On the day, 110,000 plus people attended the event at Eden Gardens


1996 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of the final 14-man squads named for the 1996 Cricket World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which took place from 14 February 1996 to 17 March 1996.


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics
This is a list of statistics for the 1996 Cricket World Cup.


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team Statistics, Highest team totals
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament. [ 1]


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team Statistics, Lowest team totals
This is a list of completed innings only, low totals in matches with reduced overs are omitted except when the team was all out. Successful run chases in the second innings are not counted.


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Batting statistics, Most runs
The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table. [ 2 ]


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Batting statistics, Highest scores
This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings. [ 3]


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Batting statistics, Highest scores
! ! Player!Team!No. of Sixes|-|Aravinda de Silva| Sri Lanka|57! |Asanka Gurusinha| Sri Lanka|11|-|Sachin Tendulkar| India|57! |Sanath Jayasuriya| Sri Lanka|8|-|Mark Waugh| Australia|40! |Aravinda de Silva| Sri Lanka|7|-|Aamer Sohail| Pakistan|35||Sachin Tendulkar| India|7|-|Gary Kirsten| South Africa|33||Mark Waugh| Australia|6|-| colspan="3" |Source: Cricinfo|| colspan="3" |Source: Cricinfo|}


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Bowling statistics, Most wickets
The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament. [ 6]


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Bowling statistics, Best bowling figures
This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament. [ 7]


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Fielding statistics, Most dismissals
This is a list of the wicket keepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament. [ 8]


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Individual Statistics, Fielding statistics, Most catches
This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.


1996 Cricket World Cup statistics, Other Statistics, Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament. [ 4][5]


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 48th edition of the cycle race and was held from 2 June to 9 June 1996. The race started in Megève and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Miguel Induráin of the Banesto team.


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Teams
Sixteen teams, containing a total of 127 riders, participated in the race:


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Prologue
2 June 1996 – Megève, 5.7 km (3.5 mi) (ITT)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 1
3 June 1996 – Megève to Villefontaine, 227 km (141.1 mi)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 2
4 June 1996 – Charbonnières-les-Bains to Firminy, 195 km (121.2 mi)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 3
5 June 1996 – Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon to Tournon-sur-Rhône, 175 km (108.7 mi)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 4
6 June 1996 – Tain-l'Hermitage to Mont Ventoux, 173 km (107.5 mi)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 5
7 June 1996 – Gigondas to Beaumes-de-Venise, 42.1 km (26.2 mi) (ITT)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 6
8 May 1996 – Digne-les-Bains to Briançon, 211 km (131.1 mi)


1996 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stages, Stage 7
9 June 1996 – Briançon to Grenoble, 174 km (108.1 mi)


1996 Croatia Open
The 1996 Croatia Open was a men's  tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag in Croatia and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 12 August through August 18, 1996. Fourth-seeded Carlos Moyá won the singles title.


1996 Croatia Open, Finals, Doubles
Pablo Albano /  Luis Lobo defeated  Ģirts Dzelde /  Udo Plamberger 6–4, 6–1


1996 Croatia Open – Doubles
Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez were the defending champions but only Lobo competed that year with Pablo Albano.


1996 Croatia Open – Doubles
Albano and Lobo won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Ģirts Dzelde and Udo Plamberger.


1996 Croatia Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1996 Croatia Open – Singles
Thomas Muster was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1996 Croatia Open – Singles
Carlos Moyá won in the final 6–0, 7–6 (7–4) against Félix Mantilla.


1996 Croatia Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash
On April 3, 1996, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A (Flight IFO-21) crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia, while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-200 originally built as T-43A navigational trainer and later converted into a CT-43A executive transport aircraft, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people, including The New York Times Frankfurt bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash. While attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport, the airplane crashed into a mountainside. An Air Force technical sergeant, Shelly Kelly, survived the initial impact, but died en route to a hospital. Everyone else on board died at the scene of the crash.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash
The aircraft was operated by the 76th Airlift Squadron of the 86th Airlift Wing, based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Unlike civilian 737s, the military CT-43A version was  equipped with neither a flight data recorder nor a cockpit voice recorder.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
The official US Air Force accident investigation board report noted several reasons that led the Boeing CT-43A, callsign "IFO-21" (short for Implementation Force), to crash. Chief among the findings was a "failure of command, aircrew error and an improperly designed instrument approach procedure". The inclement weather was not deemed a substantial contributing factor in the crash.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
The Boeing CT-43A used for this flight was formerly a T-43A navigator training aircraft that was converted for distinguished visitor travel. The flight was on an instrument flight rules non-directional beacon (NDB) approach, which is a non-precision type of instrument approach, to Runway 12 when it strayed off course. Non -precision approaches are those that do not incorporate vertical guidance. While NDB approaches are essentially obsolete in the United States, they are still used widely in other parts of the world.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
Because of their infrequent use in the United States, many American pilots are not fully proficient in performing them (a NASA survey showed that 60% of American transport-rated pilots had not flown an NDB approach in the last year). The investigation board determined that the approach used was not approved for Department of Defense aircraft, and should not have been used by the aircraft crew. The board determined that the particular NDB approach used required two operating ADFs, the instrument used to fly such an approach, on board the aircraft, but this aircraft only had one ADF installed.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
To successfully fly the approach, one ADF was required to track the outbound course of 119° from the Koločep NDB (KLP), while another ADF was required to observe when the aircraft had flown beyond the Cavtat NDB (CV), which marked the missed approach point. The alternative available to the crew was to repeatedly switch their one ADF between the signals at the KLP and CV beacons, though this would add further workload and stress to the crew. Further, the board noted that the approach was rushed, with the aircraft flying at 80 knots (150 km/h) above the proper final approach speed and had not received the proper landing clearance from the control tower.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
The crash site, on a 2,300 ft (700 m) hill, was 1.6 miles (2.6 km) northeast of where the aircraft should have been on the inbound course to the NDB. The published NDB approach brings the inbound aircraft down a valley, and has a minimum descent height of 2,150 ft (660 m) at the missed approach point (where they should have climbed and turned to the right if the runway was not in view), which is below the elevation of the hills to the north. The runway is at 510 ft (160 m) above MSL.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
Five other aircraft had landed prior to the CT-43A and had not experienced any problems with the navigational aids. No emergency call from the pilots occurred, and they did not initiate a missed approach, though they were beyond the missed approach point when they hit the hill at 2:57 pm local time.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Investigation
Each country is responsible for publishing the approach charts, including minimum descent heights, for its airports, and the investigators noted that the minimum in mountainous terrain in the United States is 2,800 ft (850 m), as compared to the 2,150 ft (660 m) on the chart given to the crew of IFO-21. It was a requirement of the US Air Force to review and approve all charts, and to ban flights into airports for which the charts did not meet the proper American aviation standards. The commander of the 86th Operations Group, Col. John E. Mazurowski, revealed that he had requested (but not yet received) approval to waive the review for Dubrovnik, as the approach had worked for years, and the delay of a full review could hamper the interests of the American diplomatic mission.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Victims
Thirty-five people, six military crewmembers and twenty-nine civilians, died in the crash. Thirty-three of the victims were Americans and two were Croatians. Twelve Department of Commerce officials, including Secretary Brown, and twelve high-ranking CEOs/presidents of many different American companies died. Jim Lewek, a Central Intelligence Agency analyst, Lee Jackson of the Treasury Department, and Nathaniel Nash, the New York Times' Frankfurt bureau chief, were also among the deceased.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Outcomes
Dubrovnik Airport was singled out for an improperly designed approach and landing procedure.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Outcomes
A number of US Air Force (USAF) officers were found to have contributed to a failure of command. The general commanding the 86th Airlift Wing, Brig. Gen. William E. Stevens, vice-commander Col. Roger W. Hansen, and the commander of the 86th Operations Group, Col. John E. Mazurowski, were all relieved of their posts. Mazurowski was later found guilty of a dereliction of duties and was demoted to major, while 12 other officers were reprimanded.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Outcomes
The USAF ordered all military aircraft to be equipped with a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Outcomes
American military aircraft are no longer allowed to fly into airports without explicit approval from the United States Department of Defense, not even for high-ranking diplomatic missions.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Legacy
The area of the crash site is identified by a large stainless steel cross on Stražišće peak. Hikers can reach the peak via the "Ronald Brown Path", which is named in commemoration of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce who died in the crash.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Legacy
A memorial room has been installed in the Ronald Brown memorial house in the old city of Dubrovnik. It features portraits of the crash victims as well as a guest book.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, Legacy
The head of navigation at Čilipi Airport, Niko Jerkuić, was found dead three days after the accident with a bullet wound to his chest. The police investigation concluded that the case was a suicide.


1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, In popular culture
The crash of IFO-21 was covered in "Fog of War", a season-four (2007) episode of the internationally syndicated Canadian TV documentary series Mayday.


1996 Croatian Indoors
The 1996 Croatian Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 29 January through 4 February 1996. First-seeded Goran Ivanišević won the singles title.


1996 Croatian Indoors, Finals, Doubles
Menno Oosting /  Libor Pimek defeated  Martin Damm /  Hendrik Jan Davids 6–3, 7–6


1996 Croatian Indoors – Doubles
Menno Oosting and Libor Pimek won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Martin Damm and Hendrik Jan Davids.


1996 Croatian Indoors – Singles
Following are the results of the 1996 Croatian Indoors – Singles competition. The 1996 Croatian Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb in Croatia and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 29 January through 4 February 1996.


1996 Croatian Indoors – Singles
Goran Ivanišević won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Cédric Pioline.


1996 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 1996 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 30th in the club's history. They competed in the ARL's 1996 Optus Cup premiership and came within one match of the grand final.


1996 Cup of Russia
The 1996 Cup of Russia was the sixth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Saint Petersburg on December 12–15. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.


1996 Cupa României Final
The 1996 Cupa României Final was the 58th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 28 April 1996 and was contested between Divizia A sides Steaua București and Gloria Bistriţa. The cup was won by Steaua.


1996 Currie Cup
The 1996 Currie Cup was the 58th season of the Currie Cup, South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, since it started in 1889. The competition was known as the Bankfin Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons and was contested from 30 May to 24 October 1996. This was also the first season since the advent of professionalism in South African rugby union, which led to a major restructuring in several facets of the sport. The number of provincial unions were reduced from 22 to 14, all of which participated in a single Currie Cup tournament.


1996 Currie Cup
The competition was won by the  Natal for the fourth time in their history; they beat the  Transvaal 33–15 in the final played on 24 October 1996.


1996 Currie Cup, Competition rules and information
There were fourteen participating teams in the 1996 Currie Cup. These teams were divided into two sections, Section A and Section B. Teams played all the other teams in their section twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.