1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, The BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). Candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The ten candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, The BBWAA election
Vada Pinson, Curt Flood, and Tony Oliva were all on the ballot for the 15th and final time.


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, The BBWAA election
The newly-eligible players included 20 All-Stars, eight of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 51 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 9-time All-Star Fred Lynn and 5-time All-Star Keith Hernandez. The field included two MVPs, Hernandez and Lynn, who was the first player ever to win an MVP in the same year as winning Rookie of the Year.


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, The BBWAA election
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Don Aase, Doug Bair, Thad Bosley, Tom Brookens, Ernie Camacho, Mark Clear, Dave Collins, Jody Davis, Richard Dotson, Jim Dwyer, Terry Francona, Mickey Hatcher, Rick Leach, Larry McWilliams, Greg Minton, Paul Mirabella, Tom Niedenfuer, Dickie Noles, Mike Norris, Ron Oester, Ken Phelps, Joe Price, Domingo Ramos, Ed Romero, Wayne Tolleson, Alex Treviño, Ozzie Virgil, Jr., and Gary Ward.


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, The Veterans Committee
The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to elect as many as two executives, managers, umpires, and older major league players—the categories considered in all its meetings since 1953. By an arrangement since 1995 it separately considered candidates from the Negro leagues and from the 19th century with authority to select one from each of those two special ballots.


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, The Veterans Committee
The committee elected four people again, the maximum number permitted: pitcher Jim Bunning from the 1960s, manager Earl Weaver from the 1970s, pitcher Bill Foster from the Negro leagues, and manager Ned Hanlon from the 19th century .


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Joe Durso received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. (The award was voted at the December 1995 meeting of the BBWAA, dated 1995, and included in the summer 1996 ceremonies.)


1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Ford C. Frick Award
Herb Carneal received the Ford C. Frick Award honoring a baseball broadcaster.


1996 Basildon District Council election
The 1996 Basildon District Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1992. The Labour Party (UK) gained control of the council, which had previously been under no overall control, for the first time since 1991.


1996 Basildon District Council election, Overall results
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1992 election.


1996 Bathani Tola massacre
The 1996 Bathani Tola massacre was an incident of caste-related violence in which an upper-caste militia killed 21 Dalits, including women and children, in the Indian state of Bihar on 11 July 1996. The attacks were allegedly by members of the Ranvir Sena, in response to Dalit labourers' demand for wage increase.


1996 Bathani Tola massacre, Massacre
21 Dalits were slaughtered by Ranvir Sena militiamen in Bathani Tola, Bhojpur, Bihar on 11 July 1996. Among the dead were 1 man, 11 women, six children and three infants, who were deliberately singled out by the attackers. 60 members of the Ranvir Sena reportedly descended on the village and set 12 houses on fire. Using lathis, swords and firearms, the attackers continued the onslaught for two and a half hours. The attack was reportedly in retaliation for the earlier killing of nine Bhumihars in Nandhi village, by the CPI(M-L).


1996 Bathani Tola massacre, Massacre
The conflict began when CPI(M-L) began organizing the agricultural laborers to demand the statutory daily minimum wage of Rs. 30.75. Landowners were willing to pay only Rs. 20. CPI(M-L) members convinced the laborers to refuse employment at that wage and called for an economic blockade against landowners. The attack on Bathani Tola, was an effort to weaken the resolve of CPI(M-L) cadres organizing in the village and to prevent a labor boycott on hundreds of acres of land. None of the Ranvir Sena leaders were ever arrested for the Bathani Tola massacre.


1996 Bathani Tola massacre, Massacre
Following the massacre, there were further attacks on Dalits and Labourers organized by the Ranvir Sena in Laxmanpur Bathe (1 December 1997) and Sankarbigha (January 1999) in which 81 Dalits were killed.


1996 Bathani Tola massacre, Massacre
The Landlords wanted to reassert their feudal tyranny over the poor who have started becoming more vocal and by attacking the most vulnerable, women and children, they wanted to send a clear message that they would not allow anyone to disturb the social structure.


1996 Bathani Tola massacre, Massacre
A Ranvir Sena sympathiser, who spoke to the Hindu correspondent Shoumojit Banerjee, justified the mobilisation of the upper castes against those Naxals. "The land is ours. The crops belong to us. They (the labourers) did not want to work, and moreover, hampered our efforts by burning our machines and imposing economic blockades. So, they had it coming."


1996 Baton Rouge mayoral election
The 1996 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on September 21, 1996 to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It saw the reelection of incumbent Thomas Edward "Tom Ed" McHugh.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships
The 1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from April 8 through April 14, 1996. Eighth-seeded Irina Spîrlea won the singles title.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Finals, Doubles
Chanda Rubin /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated  Meredith McGrath /  Larisa Savchenko 6–1, 6–1


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Meredith McGrath and Larisa Neiland.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles
Conchita Martínez was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Mary Pierce.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles
Irina Spîrlea won in the final 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 against Pierce.


1996 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1996 Bayern–Rundfahrt
The 1996 Bayern–Rundfahrt was the 8th edition of the Bayern–Rundfahrt cycle race and was held on 28 May to 2 June 1996. The race started in Rottach-Egern and finished in Burglengenfeld. The race was won by Uwe Peschel.


1996 Baylor Bears football team
The 1996 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Chuck Reedy, who was fired following the conclusion of the season.


1996 Beach Soccer World Championships
The 1996 Beach Soccer World Championships was the second edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide).


1996 Beach Soccer World Championships
The tournament again took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as it did during the maiden edition a year earlier.


1996 Beach Soccer World Championships
Brazil successfully defended their title by beating Uruguay 3–0 in what was the lowest scoring final to date, to win their second World Championship. The Uruguayans remained the only side not to score in a world cup final until Tahiti also failed to do so in 2017.


1996 Beach Soccer World Championships
This edition is one of only two world cups after the first (the other being 2003) when no matches went beyond regulation time.


1996 Beach Soccer World Championships, Organisation
The organisation remained the same as the format established for the maiden event in the previous year; the eight participating nations competed in two groups of four teams in a round robin format. The top two teams progressed straight to the semi-finals from which point on the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned with an additional match to determine third place.


1996 Beach Soccer World Championships, Organisation
The capacity of the arena used for this edition of the World Championships remained the same as in 1995, at 12,000 seats available for spectators.


1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery
The 1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery was an armed robbery that took place on February 8, 1996, at the Ganshiqiao ICBC bank branch located in Beijing.


1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery, Event
At 9:50 a.m. on February 8, 1996, the staff at the Ganshiqiao ICBC branch in Beijing had finished loading a secure box of bank notes into an armored car parked outside. A masked armed assailant then emerged from a nearby blue sedan and opened fire. A security guard and an armored car staff member were hit by bullets, both of whom died on the scene. The masked man then grabbed the box containing the bank notes and fled. The box contained 1,160,000 CNY in bank notes (approximately US$140,000 at contemporary exchange rates)


1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery, Aftermath
The suspected assailant was Lu Xianzhou (鹿宪州) a convicted criminal who had escaped from jail in 1994 after being imprisoned there for armed robbery. He got together with some gang members following his escape and went on a spree of robberies during the years 1994–1996. Following his success in the cash truck robbery, Lu Xianzhou again robbed two more armoured cars on June 3 and August 26 of the same year. He reportedly had set a goal for himself to steal at least 20,000,000 RMB.


1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery, Aftermath
At midnight September 8, 1996, he went to a restaurant in Beijing and the police laid an ambush for him outside. The police opened fire on him as he left and wounded him. He was taken to hospital and died from his wounds in November. Eight others were arrested in connection with him and his gang, four of whom were sentenced to execution and four of whom were sentenced to prison.


1996 Beijing Cash Truck Robbery, Aftermath
One of the investigators in the Beijing police who worked on the case at the time was Fu Zhenghua, who later became the minister of justice in Xi Jinping's government.


1996 Belarusian First League
1996 Belarusian First League was the sixth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1996.


1996 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 1995 season
Winners of 1995 Belarusian First League (Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the lowest-placed team of 1995 Premier League (FC Bobruisk).


1996 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 1995 season
Khimvolokno Grodno, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League, but were disbanded before the start of 1996 season. They were replaced by best teams of 1995 Second League (Maxim-Orsha and Stroitel Bereza). Stroitel Bereza, who finished only second in their Second League group, were promoted instead of MPKC-2 Minsk (who were ineligible for promotion as a farm club).


1996 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 1995 season
FC Bobruisk dissolved shortly after the end 1995 season. No other club was accepted to replace them and the league was left once again with 15 clubs instead of 16.


1996 Belarusian First League, Team changes from 1995 season
Before the start of the season KPF Slonim were renamed to Kommunalnik Slonim. Second League winners Maxim-Orsha were renamed to Maxim-Legmash Orsha. Brestbytkhim Brest relocated to the city of Kobrin and were renamed to FC Kobrin.


1996 Belarusian First League, Overview
In June, after 8th matchday, Fomalgaut Borisov and Kimovets Vitebsk withdrew from the league and disbanded. Both clubs were excluded from the table (having not played at least half of the scheduled games), their results were annulled and only 13 clubs continued and finished the season.


1996 Belarusian First League, Overview
Transmash Mogilev won the league and were promoted to Premier League, as were league runners-up Kommunalnik Slonim. No team initially relegated to the Second League as the league was expanded to 16 teams in 1997, although Kobrin withdrew to amateur lever before the start of the next season due to financial troubles.


1996 Belarusian Premier League
The 1996 Belarusian Premier League was the sixth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 16 April and ended on 10 November 1996. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.


1996 Belarusian Premier League, Team changes from 1995 season
Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, have relegated and immediately dissolved after 1995 season. They were replaced by the newcomers Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk, who won the First League in 1995.


1996 Belarusian Premier League, Team changes from 1995 season
Dvina Vitebsk changed their name to Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk and Shinnik Bobruisk were renamed to Belshina Bobruisk. Torpedo Mogilev changed name to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev in the middle of the season (in September).


1996 Belarusian Premier League, Overview
The championship was played as a double round-robun tournament in the summer season of 1996. MPKC Mozyr won the champions title for the 1st time while spending only two seasons in Premier League and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Bronze medalists and 1996–97 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrich Rechitsa, placed 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League.


1996 Belarusian referendum
A seven-question referendum was held in Belarus on 24 November 1996. Four questions were put forward by President Alexander Lukashenko on changing the date of the country's independence day, amending the constitution, changing laws on the sale of land and the abolition of the death penalty. The Supreme Council put forward three questions on constitutional amendments by the Communist and Agrarian factions, local elections and the national finances.


1996 Belarusian referendum
All of Lukashenko's proposals were approved, namely changing Belarus's national day, amending the constitution, and retaining the death penalty and a ban on land sales. Voter turnout was claimed to be 84.1%. However, the referendum, like its 1995 predecessor, was condemned by international organizations including the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, as falling far short of democratic standards, while others described it as a further consolidation of Lukashenko's dictatorship.


1996 Belarusian referendum, Background
In the summer of 1996 President Lukashenko presented constitutional amendments for approval to the Supreme Soviet. However, the Soviet then produced a counterproposal, one provision of which would abolish the position of President. The ensuing power struggle escalated quickly, leading to intervention by Russian officials to try and negotiate a compromise that included declaring that the referendum would not be binding.


1996 Belarusian referendum, Conduct
Due to several violations of electoral norms and Lukashenko's use of the state-owned media, Russia and some other CIS countries were the only members of the OSCE to recognise the results.


1996 Belarusian referendum, Conduct
The opposition also spoke of rigging of the referendum. According to Sergey Kalyakin, head of the Eurocommunist faction of the parliament, 20 to 50 percent of the votes counted have been falsified. Syamyon Sharetski, speaker of parliament, called the 1996 referendum "a farce and violence against the people" and said that "the outcome of such a plebiscite could not be accepted either in Belarus nor by the international community". The opposition did not recognise the results of the, not those of the previous referendum held in 1995.


1996 Belarusian referendum, Conduct
The oppositional  Conservative Christian Party calls for a return to the Constitution of 1994. Alena Skryhan, the deputy head of Communist fraction of the Parliament in 1996 said that the referendum had led to monopolization of all branches of power by president Lukashenko. Since then, various Belarusian opposition figures and former officials have criticized the referendum, with former Minister of Labour, Aliaksandr Sasnou, calling it a "coup".


1996 Belarusian referendum, Aftermath
Although Lukashenko and the Supreme Soviet had signed an agreement that the Soviet would have the final decision on whether to adopt the constitutional amendments, Lukashenko broke the agreement. After the constitution was promulgated a new House of Representatives was assembled, with only Lukashenko loyalists admitted. Around sixty members of the Supreme Soviet who rejected the new constitution continued to work in the Soviet, which was recognised as the legitimate parliament by the international community.


1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident
The 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident is an aviation accident that occurred on 15 July 1996 at Eindhoven Airport, the Netherlands. The disaster involved a Belgian Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft and resulted in the death of 34 passengers. The incident is known as the "Hercules disaster" (Dutch: Herculesramp) in the Netherlands and Belgium.


1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident, Accident
At 6:02 PM local time, the transport aircraft crashed at Eindhoven Airport with a total of 41 people on board: Four Belgian crew members and 37 young members of the Fanfarekorps of the Royal Netherlands Army. As the aircraft was coming in to land at Eindhoven, it encountered a flock of birds; it overshot, but lost power and crashed into the ground; a fire broke out, which destroyed the cockpit and forward fuselage, killing 32 people on board.


1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident, Accident
The Eindhoven airfield fire service were not initially aware that the transport aircraft was carrying passengers - it was thirty minutes before they realised the truth, by which time most of them had died in the post-crash fire. Following the accident, the Royal Netherlands Air Force officer who commanded the Eindhoven airbase, the officer responsible for air traffic and the officer commanding the fire department were relieved of their duties. The investigation established that the passenger information, which was listed on the flight plan, was not transmitted to the destination airport; the investigation recommended that the flight plan procedure be amended.


1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident, Investigation
The cause of the accident was the ingestion of common starlings into the two left engines, which caused the plane to go out of control during landing.


1996 Belgian Cup Final
The 1996 Belgian Cup Final, took place on 26 May 1996 and was a Bruges derby between Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge. It was the 41st Belgian Cup final. Cercle Brugge took the lead through an early goal by Gábor Torma, but two goals by Mario Stanić still in the first half tilted the tie in favour of Club Brugge.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1996 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix de Belgique) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 August 1996 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was the thirteenth race of the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix
The 44-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. Schumacher had crashed heavily in Friday practice, but recovered to qualify third before taking his second win of the season. Jacques Villeneuve, who had started from pole position, finished second in his Williams-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Villeneuve's teammate and Drivers' Championship leader, Damon Hill, finished fifth.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
The start of the race saw the two Saubers of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Johnny Herbert eliminated immediately when they collided at the La Source hairpin, following an incident that also involved Olivier Panis' Ligier and Rubens Barrichello's Jordan. Panis also retired on the spot; Barrichello was able to continue, pitting to repair his suspension, although it eventually failed altogether on lap 30. On lap 10, Jos Verstappen pitted with a sticking throttle. The Footwork Arrows pit crew found no damage and sent Verstappen back out, only for the Dutchman to crash almost immediately. Team boss Tom Walkinshaw confirmed after the race that the throttle problem had not recurred, and that the crash was caused by a faulty wheel.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
The incident brought out the safety car for seven laps, during which time all the drivers besides the McLarens of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard (both running a one-stop strategy) made pit stops. Jacques Villeneuve, leading the race when the safety car came out, missed his pit stop on lap 13. As a result, he lost the lead to Michael Schumacher, who eventually won the race by 5.6 seconds from Villeneuve. The Canadian driver later explained that he had misunderstood the radio instruction to come in, due to the confusion brought about by the deployment of the safety car.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
As a further consequence of Villeneuve's error, teammate Damon Hill was instructed to pit by the Williams engineers, only to then be told to stay out just as he was heading into the pit lane. Hill was driving the spare Williams following a misfire in the Sunday morning warm-up session. By the time he finally got to make his pit stop, he had fallen to 13th, but he recovered to finish fifth.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
Running in fourth place at half distance, Gerhard Berger spun off in his Benetton while trying to pass Eddie Irvine's Ferrari, an error which dropped him to 12th. After setting a string of fastest laps he recovered to sixth by the end of the race, thanks in part to Irvine's retirement with gearbox problems. Berger's Benetton teammate Jean Alesi finished fourth after Coulthard had spun off into retirement and crashed on lap 38.


1996 Belgian Grand Prix, Race
The Tyrrells of Mika Salo and Ukyo Katayama finished in seventh and eighth places respectively; however, a fast early stop during the safety car period saw Salo running as high as third at one point.


1996 Belgian Masters
The 1996 Belgian Masters was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held in Belgium in 1996. Matthew Stevens won the tournament defeating Patrick Delsemme 7–1 in the final.


1996 Belgian Procar Championship
The 1996 Belgian Procar Championship Division 1 was won by Jean Francois Hemruolle driving an Audi A4 Quattro for the Belgian Audi Vw Club. The manufacture trophy was won by Audi. The Division 2 was won by Christophe Dechavanne driving an Audi 80 Quattro for the Belgian Audi Vw Club.


1996 BellSouth Open
The 1996 BellSouth Open was a tennis tournament held on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 8 January through 14 January 1996. Eighth-seeded Jiří Novák won the singles title.


1996 BellSouth Open, Finals, Doubles
Marcos Ondruska /  Jack Waite defeated  Jonas Björkman /  Brett Steven by Walkover


1996 BellSouth Open – Doubles
Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1996 BellSouth Open – Doubles
Marcos Ondruska and Jack Waite won the final on a walkover against Jonas Björkman and Brett Steven.


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


1996 BellSouth Open – Singles
Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Jaime Yzaga.


1996 BellSouth Open – Singles
Jiří Novák won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Brett Steven.


1996 BellSouth 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 Beninese presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Benin in March 1996. The first round, held on 3 March, saw no candidate gain over 50% of the vote, resulting in a second round held on 18 March. Mathieu Kérékou, a former military dictator who had come second in the first round, was victorious in the second round, beating incumbent Nicéphore Soglo, after gaining the backing of the third- and fourth-placed candidates. Kérékou received very strong support from northern voters, but he also improved his performance in the south compared to the 1991 election.


1996 Beninese presidential election
Soglo alleged fraud, but this was rejected by the Constitutional Court (who had annulled 22% of the votes in the first round), which confirmed Kérékou's victory. Voter turnout was 87.8% in the first round and 77.6% in the second round.


1996 Benson & Hedges Cup
The 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-fifth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 26 April and 13 July 1996.


1996 Benson & Hedges Cup
The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club for a record fourth time, defeating Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 31 runs in the final at Lord's on 13 July 1996.


1996 Benson & Hedges Cup, Format
At the TCCB's winter meeting on 13 December 1995, it was agreed to reduce the format of the cup from 55 to 50 overs a side.


1996 Berlin Marathon
The 1996 Berlin Marathon was the 23rd running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, Germany, held on 29 September 1996. Spain's Abel Antón won the men's race in 2:09:15 hours, while the women's race was won by South Africa's Colleen De Reuck in 2:26:35.


1996 Bhutan A-Division
The 1996 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the second recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan, with the winners, if any, during the years 1987-1995 being unknown. After the initial season, the popularity of the game waned and was only revived in the mid-1990s by the monk Khyentse Norbu. The league was won by Druk Pol.


1996 Biak earthquake
The 1996 Biak earthquake, or the 1996 Irian Jaya earthquake, occurred on February 17 at 14:59:30 local time near Biak Island, Indonesia. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The run-up height of the generated tsunami reached 7 meters (23 ft). One-hundred and sixty-six people were reported dead, 423 were injured, and 5,090 were made homeless.


1996 Biak earthquake
This earthquake was a thrust in a very oblique subduction zone. It ruptured at least 270 km (170 mi) along the New Guinea oceanic trench. The slip distribution is very nonuniform. The largest slip was ∼12 m near the hypocentral depth, and the mean slip over a 230 km by 100 km fault area was 4 m.


1996 Big 12 Championship Game
The 1996 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held on December 7, 1996, at The Dome at America's Center, then known as Trans World Dome, in St. Louis, Missouri. The divisional winners from the Big 12 Conference squared off in the 1st edition of the game. The Texas Longhorns represented the South Division and the Nebraska Cornhuskers represented the North Division. Texas won the contest 37–27, keyed by a daring 4th down conversion from their own 28-yard line with slightly more than 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter when the score was 30–27 in their favor.


1996 Big 12 Championship Game, Selection process
The Big 12 Championship Game matched up the winner of the North and South divisions of the Big 12 Conference. The game was first played in 1996, when the conference was assembled to include all of the teams from the Big Eight Conference as well as four teams that had formerly been members of the Southwest Conference. The championship game was modeled on the SEC format, which was the first conference in college football to have a conference championship game.


1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
The 1996 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 10 through May 11, 1996. Oklahoma won their first conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


1996 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Texas A&M received bids to the NCAA tournament.


1996 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1996 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 8 to 10, 1996. The 5-match tournament was held at the World Wide Technology Soccer Park in St. Louis, MO with a combined attendance of 240. The 6-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated the Texas A&M Aggies in the championship match to win their 1st conference tournament.


1996 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1996 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, CT. This was the twelfth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The West Virginia Mountaineers won their only tournament championship in their first year in the league, and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. West Virginia joined the Big 12 Conference after the 2012 season.


1996 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The Big East baseball tournament was a 6 team double elimination tournament in 1996. The top three regular season finishers in each division were seeded one through three based on conference winning percentage only. West Virginia claimed the top seed from the American Division by winning the season series over Providence. The top team in each division played the third seed from the opposite division and the second seeds played each other in the first round. This was the first season of divisional play, resulting from the addition of Notre Dame, Rutgers and West Virginia to the league beginning with the 1996 season.


1996 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award
Chris Enochs was the winner of the 1996 Jack Kaiser Award. Enochs was a pitcher for West Virginia.


1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. Connecticut, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.


1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Connecticut defeated Georgetown, 75-74 to claim its second Big East Tournament championship.


1996 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.


1996 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Second-seeded Iowa State defeated #1 seed Kansas in the championship game, 56–55, to capture their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament. This was the final Big Eight men's basketball tournament, as the members of the Big Eight Conference joined Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, and Texas A&M to play in the inaugural Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament.


1996 Big League World Series
The 1996 Big League World Series took place from August 9–17 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Kaohsiung, Taiwan defeated Burbank, Illinois in the championship game. It was Taiwan's fourth straight championship,


1996 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–9 at Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.


1996 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded host Montana State defeated defending champion Weber State in the championship game, 81–70, for their second Big Sky men's basketball tournament title.


1996 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Conference membership remained with the same eight teams, and no changes were made to the existing tournament format. The top six teams from the regular season participated, and the top two earned byes into the semifinals. The remaining four played in the quarterfinals, and the top seed met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.


1996 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament
Montana State received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited, or to the NIT. Seeded thirteenth in the West regional, the Bobcats fell 88–55 to Syracuse in the first round in Albuquerque.


1996 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 29–March 2, 1996, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, the home of the Liberty Flames. For the first time in their school history, the UNC Greensboro Spartans won the tournament, led by head coach Randy Peele.


1996 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight teams participated in the tournament, hosted at the Vines Center. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage.


1996 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 1996 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Beaver Field on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the sixteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Indiana won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1996 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 1996 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only.


1996 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Dan Ferrell was named Most Outstanding Player. Ferrell was a pitcher for Indiana.


1996 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1996 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament determined the conference champion for the Big West Conference at the end of the 1996 season. The teams met from May 10–12 at Cal State Fullerton's on campus stadium, Titan Field.


1996 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top four teams at the end of the conference's round robin regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage, with head to head matchups used as a tiebreaker. UNLV claimed the season series over UC Santa Barbara, and therefore was seeded second.


1996 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–March 10 at Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada.


1996 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
San José State defeated Utah State in the championship game in overtime, 76–75, to obtain the second Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship in school history.


1996 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Thus, the Spartans were invited and participated in the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, making it the third time SJSU has appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. San José State was the only school in the Big West to appear in the NCAA Tournament.


1996 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
For this season, no teams have disbanded nor joined the Big West Conference. However, the conference decided that six teams with the best conference records would play. As a result, Cal State Fullerton, New Mexico State, UC Santa Barbara, and UNLV did not participate.


1996 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Since six teams participated, the top two seeds, Long Beach State as No. 1 and UC Irvine as No. 2, were given Quarterfinals byes. The four other teams, Nevada, Pacific, San Jose State, and Utah State, competed in the Quarterfinals.


1996 Birthday Honours
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.


1996 Birthday Honours
The 1996 Queen's Birthday honours list for the United Kingdom and Commonwealth was announced on 14 June 1996for Australia was announced 9 June 1996, and the list for New Zealand was announced on 3 June 1996.


1996 Birthday Honours
Recipients of honours are shown below as they were styled before their new honour.


1996 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 3 June 1996.


1996 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1996 Blaxland by-election
The 1996 Blaxland by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Blaxland in New South Wales on 15 June 1996. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's Paul Keating on 23 April 1996. The writ for the by-election was issued on 13 May 1996.


1996 Blaxland by-election, Background
Blaxland had been held since 1969 by Paul Keating, who had been Treasurer under Bob Hawke from 1983, until he defeated Hawke in a leadership challenge in December 1991, becoming Prime Minister of Australia. Keating went on to defeat John Hewson at the 1993 election, but three years later the ALP was defeated in a landslide victory by a resurgent Coalition led by John Howard at the 1996 election on 2 March. Following the party's election loss, Keating immediately resigned as party leader, and several weeks later, resigned from the Parliament.


1996 Blaxland by-election, Aftermath
The Australian Labor Party retained the seat with an increased majority, with Michael Hatton as their candidate. The Liberal Party of Australia declined to run a candidate, and this saw a rise in the vote for two minor anti-immigration parties: Australians Against Further Immigration and Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration, which came second and third in the popular vote. On a two-party preferred basis, RARI gained their best ever result in an election, gaining over 30% of the vote on preferences.


1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election
The 1996 Bloc Québécois leadership election was the leadership election to replace Lucien Bouchard after he left the Bloc Québécois to become Premier of Quebec. Michel Gauthier won the election and became Leader of the Official Opposition.


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1996 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1996 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season, their first in Division I-A. The Broncos competed in the Big West Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Led by fourth-year head coach Pokey Allen and interim head coach Tom Mason, Boise State finished the season 2–10 and 1–4 in conference play.


1996 Boise State Broncos football team
Diagnosed with a rare and aggressive muscle cancer (rhabdomyosarcoma) shortly after the 1994 season, Pokey Allen underwent surgery in August 1996, then returned to coach the final two games of the season. While visiting relatives in Montana over the holidays, Allen's condition worsened and he died on December 30.


1996 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1996 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of  Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council


1996 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
20 seats were contested in the election, with 16 being won by the Labour Party, 2 by the Liberal Democrats and 2 by the Conservative


1996 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election, Council Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix
The 1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix was a CART race which happened at the Nazareth Speedway on April 28, 1996. It was the 5th round of the 1996 IndyCar season.


1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix, Qualifying
Penske Racing driver Paul Tracy set the a mph speed of 190.737 mph, and also, the pole. It was a New Track Record.


1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix, Race, Start - Lap 95
At lap 15, 1st caution came out as Hiro Matsushita collided with Juan Manuel Fangio II. The restart came out at lap 22. The top 10 at lap 25: Paul Tracy, Emerson Fittipaldi, Scott Pruett, Michael Andretti, Jimmy Vasser, Al Unser, Jr., Bobby Rahal, Robby Gordon, Greg Moore and Christian Fittipaldi. At lap 53, Hiro Matsushita was the 1st driver to retire. At lap 79, Andretti stalled his car after a 13.4 pitstop. He continued in the race.


1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix, Race, Start - Lap 95
At the following lap, the race leader Paul Tracy had hit three mechanics in one move after stop his car in his pit area. The mechanics were not badly injured, but were taken to the hospital. At lap 89, Paul Tracy received a black flag penalty because of the incident with his mechanics. The top 6 at lap 95 was: Michael Andretti, Al Unser, Jr., Greg Moore, Emerson Fittipaldi, Bobby Rahal and Christian Fittipaldi.


1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix, Race, Lap 115- Lap 141
At lap 115, 2nd caution came out, as Roberto Moreno lost one of his rear wheels. At the following lap, Gil de Ferran retired after having suspension problems. He collided with Adrian Fernandez in the pits. Restart came out at lap 128. At lap 141, the top 12 was: Michael Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Al Unser, Jr., Greg Moore, Bobby Rahal, Jimmy Vasser, Paul Tracy, Scott Pruett, Christian Fittipaldi, Raul Boesel, Robby Gordon and Adrian Fernandez.


1996 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix, Race, Closing stages. 33 laps to go
With 33 laps to go, 3rd caution came out as Robby Gordon hit the wall at turn 1. He retired. When the restart would come out, Raul Boesel's engine blew up. The restart came out with 23 laps to go. Andretti's lead was growing up and any problem happened to him as he won the race.


1996 Bosnian general election
General elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 14 September 1996. Voter turnout was 79.4% in the parliamentary election and 80.4% in the presidential election.


1996 Bosnian general election
The elections for the House of Representatives were divided into two; one for the  Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and one for Republika Srpska. In the presidential election, each of the three national communities elected a Presidency member. Bosniaks elected Alija Izetbegović, Croats elected Krešimir Zubak and Serbs elected Momčilo Krajišnik. The Party of Democratic Action emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 19 of the 42 seats.


1996 Bosnian general election
Alija Izetbegović's 730,592 votes for the Bosniak seat in the Presidency, remain the highest ever total vote count for a Presidency member in a Bosnian general election. The percentage of the vote received by Krešimir Zubak for the Croat seat in the Presidency – 88.7% – is the highest of any Presidency member to date.


1996 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1996 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Eagles were led by third-year head coach Dan Henning, in his final year with the team, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. They competed as members of the Big East Conference, finishing sixth with a conference record of 2–5.


1996 Boston Marathon
The 1996 Boston Marathon was the 100th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 15. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Moses Tanui in a time of 2:09:16 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Uta Pippig in 2:27:13.


1996 Boston Red Sox season
The 1996 Boston Red Sox season was the 96th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League East with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, seven games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1996 World Series.


1996 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases


1996 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: G = Games Pitched; GS = Games Started; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1996 Boston Red Sox season, Farm system
The Lowell Spinners replaced the Utica Blue Sox as the Red Sox' Class A-Short Season affiliate.


1996 Boston Red Sox season, Farm system
The Red Sox shared a DSL team with the Houston Astros. Source:


1996 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1996 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Terriers compiled a 1–10 record (0–8 against conference opponents), finished last in the Yankee Conference's New England Division, and were outscored by a total of 373 to 119.


1996 Boston University Terriers football team
The school hired Tom Masella as its head football coach in December 1995. He had previously been an assistant coach under Dan Allen before leaving in 1995 to become head football coach at Fairfield University.


1996 Bournemouth International
The 1996 Bournemouth International (also known as the 1996 Samsung Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the West Hants Tennis Club in Bournemouth in England and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 9 to 15 September 1996. Albert Costa won the singles title.


1996 Bournemouth International, Finals, Doubles
Marc-Kevin Goellner /  Greg Rusedski defeated  Rodolphe Gilbert /  Nuno Marques 6–3, 7–6


1996 Bournemouth International – Doubles
Marc-Kevin Goellner and Greg Rusedski won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Rodolphe Gilbert and Nuno Marques.


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


1996 Bournemouth International – Singles
Albert Costa won in the final 6–7 (4–7), 6–2, 6–2 against Marc-Kevin Goellner.


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


1996 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1996 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Gary Blackney, the Falcons compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 240 to 176.


1996 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bob Niemet with 1,129 passing yards, Courtney Davis with 767 rushing yards, and Damron Hamilton with 465 receiving yards.


1996 Brabantse Pijl
The 1996 Brabantse Pijl was the 36th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 31 March 1996. The race started and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Johan Museeuw.


1996 Bradford Bulls season
The 1996 Bradford Bulls season was the 90th in the club's history. Coached by Brian Smith and captained by Robbie Paul the newly branded Bradford Bulls competed in Super League I. The Bulls finished the regular season in 3rd place and made the semi final, losing 36-42 to Wigan Warriors. The Bulls also competed in the 1996 Challenge Cup, reaching the final which they lost 32-40 to St. Helens.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The 1996 season started off well for the Bradford Northern club newly re-branded as the Bradford Bulls. In their first competitive match they defeated Batley 60–18 in the 4th Round of the 1996 Challenge Cup. Australian import Jeremy Donougher scored the club's first try under the Bulls brand. Bradford's form in the Cup continued after beating Division 1 side Leigh 44–12 at Hilton Park. The Bulls success continued as they hosted Wakefield Trinity in the quarter-finals, however after a brief scare Bradford managed to overcome Wakefield and win 30–18.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
March started off with a great performance in the Challenge Cup semi-final against arch-rivals Leeds, the Bulls played some brilliant rugby to ensure a 28–6 win earning them a place in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final. Bradford also kicked off the brand new Super League I with a 30–18 win over Castleford Tigers in front of a 10,027 crowd.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
A trip to Sheffield Eagles was on the cards for the Bulls first away trip of the Super League season, however the Eagles were just too powerful for Bradford and the Bulls were soundly beaten 24–40. However April got a little brighter as the Bulls bounced back to beat London 31–24 to take them up to 5th in the league table. The Bulls were brought back down to earth after their win against London as St. Helens beat Bradford 26–20 at Knowsley Road. Bradford suffered back to back defeats for the first time this season, losing 22–6 to Wigan.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford narrowly lost in the 1996 Challenge Cup Final against St. Helens, Bradford went 26–12 at one point but Saints halfback Bobbie Goulding peppered the Bradford fullback Nathan Graham with bombs which turned out to be fruitful for the Saints who scored 3 tries of Goulding's kicks to win the match 40–32 leaving the Bradford players and fans feeling dejected.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford started off May in good form after losing the Challenge Cup Final by beating Warrington 36–14 at Odsal Stadium, the Bulls then travelled to Oldham and beat Oldham Bears 30–10. This would be Bradford's first back to back win of the season. The Bulls then beat Paris St Germain 60–32 at home before destroying arch rivals Leeds 54–8 in Round 9. These wins took the Bulls to four games unbeaten and unbeaten for the whole of May.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The Bulls started June with a massive 52–4 win over bottom of the league Workington, Bradford ran in 10 tries in this emphatic win. Bradford carried on their form at Thrum Hall where they scraped a win at local rivals Halifax Blue Sox in a hard-fought 22–20 contest. Bradford's 6 game unbeaten run was put to an end by a great performance by Castleford Tigers led by their talisman Frano Botica, the Tigers clinched the game 26–23. However the Bulls responded the following week by destroying the Sheffield Eagles 64–22 at Odsal. The Bulls followed up this win with a hard fought 22–16 win over London Broncos.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
Bradford beat St. Helens in an excellent display of rugby league, they took the Saints apart and won 50–22 to exact revenge for their Challenge Cup Final defeat. The Bulls excellent form continued as they battled Wigan at Odsal Stadium and the Yorkshire club came up with a 20–12 win. Their 5th consecutive win came at Wilderspool Stadium where they took on Warrington and came away with the spoils beating Warrington 30–20. The Bulls dished out another thumping however this one wasn't as impressive as it was against Oldham Bears, they did keep Oldham to zero points though as Bradford were 56–0 victors.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
August started off well for Bradford as they demolished arch-rivals Leeds 56–18 with the mercurial Robbie Paul grabbing his 3rd hat-trick of the season. The Bulls extended their winning streak to eight games when they beat bottom of the league Workington 28–14 in a hard fought contest. Local team Halifax Blue Sox put an end to the Bulls' winning streak as Bradford succumbed to a 27–26 defeat in the final home game of the season.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Season review
The last regular season game came in Paris where the Bulls beat Paris St Germain 27–14 which meant they finished 3rd in the league, 5 points behind Wigan and 6 points behind league leaders St. Helens. This meant that the Bulls had to travel to Central Park to play Wigan in the Premiership Trophy Semi-final, in what was his last game in a Wigan shirt Shaun Edwards scored 4 tries to end Bradford's hopes of a Premiership final appearance in a hard fought 42–36 Wigan win.


1996 Bradford Bulls season, Squad
Statistics include appearances and points in the Super League, Challenge Cup and Premiership Trophy.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos, São Paulo on 31 March 1996. It was the second race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 71-lap race took place in heavy rain, and was won from pole position by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, with Jean Alesi second in a Benetton-Renault and Michael Schumacher third in a Ferrari.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
Two local drivers, Tarso Marques (in his début race) and Pedro Diniz, had their qualifying times disallowed for, respectively, a push-start and missing a weight check. However, they were allowed to start from the back of the grid.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
Johnny Herbert started from the pit lane after switching to the backup-car due to electrical problems.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
Damon Hill, who loved driving in the rain, took the lead and won the race under these difficult conditions with a comfortable winning margin of 17 seconds. São Paulo saw the 15th GP victory of Damon Hill, who thereby outperformed a record established by his father Graham Hill, who had won 14 races.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
Major battles in the race were going on between Barrichello and Alesi, Alesi and Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen and Schumacher and Barrichello.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
Barrichello, who had qualified as second, lost ground to Villeneuve and Alesi on the first lap, but he kept sticking to the back of the Benetton and attempted to overtake Alesi three times in the early stages of the race, outbraking him into the first corner only to slide wide on the exit allowing Alesi back through.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
After a while, Alesi picked up pace and began to harry Villeneuve for 2nd place. After a battle Villeneuve eventually succumbed to the pressure and spun off. Approaching half-distance, Alesi had a brief off track excursion which finally allowed Barrichello through into 2nd place. However, Barrichello was forced to make what was supposed to be his only fuel stop on lap 35, when the track was still too wet for slick tyres. Alesi, on the other hand, did not have to pit until lap 42, by which time the track was dry enough to switch to slick tyres. This forced Barrichello to make unscheduled pit stop to make the switch to slicks, dropping him back behind Alesi.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
To compound his misfortune, Barrichello made the switch too late, three laps later than Schumacher, meaning that he also dropped behind the German when he finally made his stop. With a clearly faster car, Barrichello began to harry Schumacher for the final podium spot. However, the German would not give in and eventually he braked too late and spun off into the gravel at the end of the back straight.


1996 Brazilian Grand Prix, Race summary
Gerhard Berger had to park his Benetton in the pits after 27 laps. The Austrian had difficulties during qualifying which he could not explain. When the race then started under wet conditions, Berger had to drive carefully because he had never before piloted the Benetton in the rain. Not too unsatisfied with his performance, Berger experienced cut-offs due to hydraulic problems which became worse and worse and finally forced the car back to the garage.


1996 Brentwood Borough Council election
The 1996 Brentwood Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Brentwood Borough Council in England.


1996 Brickyard 400
The 1996 Brickyard 400, the 3rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 3, 1996, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race was the nineteenth of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the pole position with a speed of 176.419 miles per hour (283.919 km/h), while Robert Yates Racing's Dale Jarrett won the race.


1996 Brickyard 400
The track had been repaved, and speeds had been reported to have increased by 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).


1996 Brickyard 400, Race
Five laps into the race, the first caution flew for a crash involving Greg Sacks, Robert Pressley, Ricky Craven, Dave Marcis, and Bobby Hillin, Jr. On lap 23, pole-sitter Jeff Gordon cut his right-front tire and hit the wall; Gordon finished 37th. Subsequently, Johnny Benson, Jr. took the lead, and led a race-high 70 laps. Ernie Irvan took the lead from Benson on lap 108, and on lap 126, an error made during a pit stop dropped Benson to 13th.


1996 Brickyard 400, Race
Meanwhile, Dale Jarrett took the lead from his Robert Yates Racing teammate Irvan, who reclaimed the lead on lap 139 after passing Jarrett in turn 3. Jarrett managed to pass Irvan in turn 2 of lap 154, and kept the lead after the race ended under caution due to Pressley crashing in turn 4 on lap 159. Irvan finished second, followed by Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Morgan Shepherd, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace, Benson, Rick Mast and Bill Elliott.


1996 Brickyard 400, Race
Afterwards, Jarrett and crew chief Todd Parrott kissed the yard of bricks at the start/finish line, a practice that has continued to be performed in NASCAR, and was eventually also done by Gil de Ferran after his win in the Indianapolis 500 in 2003.


1996 Brickyard 400, Race
In the points standings after the race, Terry Labonte led with 2792 points, Dale Earnhardt trailed with 2731 points; Jarrett (2729), Jeff Gordon (2688), and Ricky Rudd (2415) rounded out the Top 5.


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election
Elections to Brighton and Hove Borough Council on the south coast of England were held on 9 May 1996. The whole council (a unitary authority) was up for election and all 78 councillors were elected from 26 wards. With Councillors taking office only a year later after a transitional year  Labour won control of the council after controlling Brighton Borough Council since 1986 and Hove Borough Council since 1995.


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, Comparison with the previous councils
The wards and number of seats in each wards remained the same as the respective borough councils and therefore the swing and incumbents are all technically nominal.


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, Council composition
After the inaugural elections the composition of the council was compared to its previous consistent councils.


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, Council composition
Brighton Borough Council composition after the election in 1995 was:


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, Council composition
Hove Borough Council composition after the election in 1995 was:


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, Council composition
After the inaugural election in 1996 the composition of the council was:


1996 Brighton and Hove Borough Council election, Ward results
Candidates who were previously councillors in the Brighton Borough Council or Hove Borough Council are indicated with a (*)


1996 Brisbane Broncos season
The 1996 Brisbane Broncos season was the ninth in the club's history. They competed in the Australian Rugby League's 1996 Optus Cup premiership and finished the regular season in second place on the ladder, progressing as far as the semi-finals.


1996 Brisbane Broncos season, Season summary
In 1996 the Broncos once again started solidly, went through a losing streak mid-season but recovered to finish strongly, conforming to the pattern of previous seasons. However again they capitulated, losing to North Sydney and Cronulla to lose their fifth straight finals match. Gorden Tallis, at the time still contracted to the St George, chose to sit out this season rather than play for the Dragons as he had also signed to play for the Broncos in 1996. At the end of the 1996 season, players Kerrod Walters, Alan Cann, Willie Carne and Michael Hancock were asked to leave the club, as they could no longer be guaranteed regular places in the Broncos' first grade team.


1996 Brit Awards
The 1996 Brit Awards were the 16th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 19 February 1996 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London.


1996 Brit Awards, Notable moments, Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker
Michael Jackson was given a special Artist of a Generation award. At the ceremony he accompanied his single "Earth Song" with a stage show, culminating with Jackson as a 'Christ-like figure' surrounded by children. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker mounted the stage in what he would later claim as protest at this portion of the performance. Cocker ran across the stage, lifting his shirt and pointing his (clothed) bottom in Jackson's direction. Cocker was subsequently questioned by the police on suspicion of causing injury towards three of the children in Jackson's performance, who were now on stage. No criminal proceedings followed. It was later alleged that someone in Jackson's entourage hurt the children. This was Jackson's penultimate performance in the UK before his death in 2009 - the final performance being at Wembley Stadium in 1997.


1996 Brit Awards, Notable moments, Oasis and Blur
1996 saw the height of a well-documented feud between Britpop rivals Oasis and Blur. The differing styles of the bands, coupled with their prominence within the Britpop movement, led the British media to seize upon the rivalry between the bands. Both factions played along, with the Gallaghers taunting Blur at the ceremony by singing a vulgar rendition of "Parklife" when they collected their "Best British Band" award.


1996 Brit Awards, Cut moments, Oasis and Michael Hutchence
INXS frontman Michael Hutchence presented the British video award to Oasis, whose guitarist Noel Gallagher mocked Hutchence upon receiving the award, by sneering, ″Hasbeens shouldn't give awards to gonnabes″, which according to musician and producer Danny Saber upset Hutchence. This inspired Hutchence to add the lyrics ″I'm better than Oasis″ to INXS' single Elegantly Wasted, released the following year. Hutchence committed suicide later that year.


1996 British Academy Television Awards
The 1996 British Academy Television Awards were held on 21 April 1996 at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane followed by dinner in The Great Room, Grosvenor House Hotel, as a joint ceremony with the British Academy Film Awards.


1996 British Academy Television Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are listed below.


1996 British Columbia general election
The 1996 British Columbia general election was the 36th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996. Voter turnout was 59.1 per cent of all eligible voters. The election is notable for producing a "false-winner" outcome, rewarding a party that got second in the popular vote with a majority government.


1996 British Columbia general election
New Democratic Party leader and provincial premier Mike Harcourt had resigned as the result of a fundraising scandal involving one of the members of his caucus. Glen Clark was chosen by the party to replace Harcourt. Clark led the party to a second majority government, defeating the Liberal Party of Gordon Campbell, who had become leader of the Liberal Party after Gordon Wilson had been forced out of the position because of his relationship with another Liberal member of the legislature, Judi Tyabji.


1996 British Columbia general election
After Wilson was defeated by Campbell in the convention to choose a new leader, he and Tyabji left the Liberal Party to establish the Progressive Democratic Alliance. Wilson was able to win re-election, but Tyabji was not, who went down to defeat with all of the other candidates fielded by the new party.


1996 British Columbia general election
The once-dominant Social Credit Party collapsed. It elected Grace McCarthy as its leader in 1993, but she was unable to make a bid to get into the legislature until 1994, when she lost a by-election in the longtime Socred stronghold of Matsqui. Soon afterward, four of its remaining six members defected to Reform BC, leaving Social Credit without official status in the legislature. One more seat was lost in a by-election, reducing the party's one representation to one MLA, Cliff Serwa. However, Serwa retired before the election, leaving the party with no incumbents.


1996 British Columbia general election
Party leader Larry Gillanders withdrew from the race while the campaign was in progress, saying that all right-wing parties should unite to topple the ruling NDP. The Socreds won only 0.4% of the vote and were completely shut out of the legislature. While the party still nominally exists, it has never elected another MLA and even lost its registration from 2013 to 2016.


1996 British Columbia general election
Reform BC held on to two of its four seats.


1996 British Columbia general election
Although the Liberals won a larger share of the popular vote, most of their votes were wasted in the outer regions of the province, and it won only 8 seats in the Vancouver area. That allowed the NDP to win 6 more seats than the opposition Liberals, eking out a majority government. This was the last election to return an NDP majority until 2020, 24 years later.


1996 British Columbia general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1996 British Formula Three Championship
The 1996 British Formula Three season was the 46th British Formula Three Championship. The season started on 31 March at Silverstone and ended there on 13 October following sixteen races. After losing out in the final reckoning to Oliver Gavin in 1995, Ralph Firman was able to clinch the crown on his second attempt from Kurt Mollekens and teammate Jonny Kane. New Zealander Simon Wills took the Class B title.


1996 British Formula Three Championship, Race calendar and results
Round 11 was shortened due to heavy rain, and a planned second race at Snetterton was also cancelled.


1996 British Formula Two Championship
The 1996 British Formula Two Championship was the seventh season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The championship was dominated by the Super Nova car of Gareth Rees, the former Marlboro Masters F3 winner who competed in International Formula 3000 the previous year. He won six races and clinched the title with two rounds to go.


1996 British Formula Two Championship
Rees started the season in style, winning the first 5 races, but stumbled at Donington when Sascha Maassen took his only victory of the year. Werner Lupberger won the following round as Rees retired, but Gareth won the Silverstone round to tie up the championship. Luiz Garcia Jr. won the remaining two rounds after battling with Lupberger and Gonzalo Rodriguez, securing second in the standings. Lupberger ended up third, one place ahead of Rodriguez.


1996 British Formula Two Championship
British Formula Renault champion David Cook raced twice in Rees' absence, while future International F3000 star Jason Watt made his F3000 debut for Fred Goddard Racing in the final round. Ex-Andrea Moda F1 non-qualifier Perry McCarthy made a single seater return with DKS Racing. The future boss of International F3000 team Arden, Christian Horner, finished fifth overall after half a season with veteran team Madgwick International. Sarah Kavanagh, future Formula Nippon and BOSS Formula 1 driver, raced on a couple of occasions in a Sainsbury's and Parmalat backed Fred Goddard Racing entry.


1996 British Formula Two Championship
Several talented drivers entered British F2 in 1996, but at times grids had declined to just five cars, the smallest in the series' history, and teams withdrew their support. British F2 was finally dead.


1996 British Formula Two Championship, Drivers and teams
The following drivers and teams contested the 1996 British Formula Two Championship. All teams ran a Reynard chassis with Cosworth engine.


1996 British Grand Prix
The 1996 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 14 July 1996 at Silverstone. It was the tenth race of the 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1996 British Grand Prix
Williams' Jacques Villeneuve took his second win of the season from Benetton's Gerhard Berger, with McLaren's Mika Häkkinen coming home third for his first podium since his near-fatal crash at 1995 Australian Grand Prix. Jordan's Rubens Barrichello took fourth, equalling his best finish of the season, and it came after he had been involved in late collisions while racing for fourth place at the circuit in the previous two years. The final points went to David Coulthard in the second McLaren and Martin Brundle in the second Jordan.


1996 British Grand Prix
Damon Hill took pole position for his home race, but made a slow start and retired shortly before half distance, after a wheel nut problem caused him to spin off at Copse Corner while he was trying to pass Häkkinen. For the third consecutive race, Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine were both forced to retire with technical issues in the first six laps – Schumacher with hydraulic problems and Irvine with a differential failure. Jean Alesi would become another notable retirement on lap 45 from 3rd place just ahead of teammate Gerhard Berger when his rear brakes overheated.


1996 British National Track Championships
The 1996 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from 24-28 May 1996 at the Manchester Velodrome. The Championships were organised by the British Cycling Federation.


1996 British Open
The 1996 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament which was held from 1–8 April 1996 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England.


1996 British Open
Nigel Bond won the tournament, his first ranking title, by defeating the defending champion John Higgins 9–8 in the final.


1996 British Rowing Championships
The 1996 National Rowing Championships was the 25th edition of the National Championships, held from 19–21 July 1996 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham.


1996 British Speedway Championship
The 1996 British Speedway Championship was the 36th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 28 April at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Joe Screen, who won the 'A Final' ahead of Chris Louis, Carl Stonehewer and Kelvin Tatum.


1996 British Touring Car Championship
The 1996 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship season marked the arrival of Audi to the sport with their four wheel drive A4s. The title was won by Frank Biela, with Swiss driver Alain Menu again finishing in second place and Swede Rickard Rydell in third.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
After seeing the success that rivals BMW and Alfa Romeo had achieved in the series, and wanting to expand their successful touring car programme, Audi entered a works team for the season, headed up by Audi Sport UK's Frank Biela. Biela had won multiple touring car championships and the 1995 Touring Car World Cup for the Four Rings. The Audi A4 proved the class of the field from the get go, helped considerably by its four wheel drive system. This led to an argument between the manufacturers throughout the season, and a weight penalty was added to the Audis.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
It did not help much; Biela dominated the season and won the title with 4 races to run, one of 7 titles won by the Audi A4 Quattro in 1996. Joining Biela at Audi was rookie John Bintcliffe, winner of the 1995 Ford Fiesta championship and the 1994 Renault Clio Cup.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Williams Renault were seen as the team to beat before the start of the year after a strong finish to 1995, with Alain Menu title favourite. Early season reliability issues meant that the Swiss driver was never really in title contention but a strong second half of the year allowed him to take runners up spot for the third year in a row. Team mate Will Hoy endured a tough season despite starting strongly, finishing 2nd to Biela in the opening two rounds. He would visit the podium just once more on his way to 9th overall and the following season would move to the Ford team.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Volvo, run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, developed the 850 further, allowing Rickard Rydell to challenge for wins throughout the year and the Swede was Biela's closest challenger for most of the season. His new team-mate Kelvin Burt, switching from Ford, took a single victory at Silverstone in May. During the following round at Oulton Park he was involved in a huge accident, knocking him unconscious and having to be cut free from the car. He was taken to Chester Hospital suffering from severe concussion.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Burt would miss the next round at Snetterton and was due to be replaced by British Formula 3 driver Jamie Davies however Davies crashed the car heavily in testing destroying it and was also knocked unconscious but was otherwise unharmed. As a result Volvo entered just one car for Rydell and Burt would return at the following meeting.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Vauxhall retained their title winning driver line up of John Cleland and James Thompson driving the new Vectra. The new car had a difficult development and was not as mechanically suited to racing as the Cavalier was. Thompson took the team's only win of the season, while Cleland would only finish 8th in the driver's championship.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Ford switched from Andy Rouse to West Surrey Racing to run the Mondeo in cooperation with race car engineering specialist Reynard and Schubel Engineering who built the Mondeo for the equivalent Super Tourenwagen Cup in Germany. The season was a complete disaster with the car proving to be off the pace and unreliable. Paul Radisich suffered 13 retirements in 24 races while his new team-mate Steve Robertson scored just two points all season.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Honda continued their promise of 1995 despite a slow start David Leslie took three wins during the second half of the season, including the British Grand Prix support race. He was once again joined by James Kaye.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
After a disappointing 1995, BMW factory outfit Team Schnitzer returned to the series with 1993 champion Joachim Winkelhock and multiple touring car title winner Roberto Ravaglia leading the team, with Peter Kox running in a third car in selected races. Winkelhock took several wins during the year and was Biela's most consistent rival, while Ravaglia became involved in some contentious moments with Radisich and Menu throughout the season.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Total Team Peugeot entered the new 406 model, but Tim Harvey and Patrick Watts struggled for pace and suffered poor reliability throughout the season.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Having been dropped by Ford, Andy Rouse ran a semi-works Nissan team, running Primeras for Gary Ayles and Owen McAuley, but results were limited. McAuley left the team after the British GP support rounds when it became clear the team were only going to get one new 1996-spec car and that would be driven by his team-mate. The team entered just one car thereafter until the final round at Brands Hatch where Jamie Spence drove the 1995 spec car.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
In the Total Cup for Independents 1995 Renault Clio Cup champion Lee Brookes entered a 1995 TOM's built Toyota Carina and would secure the title in his debut season beating Richard Kaye's Mint Motorsport Vauxhall, the last RML built Cavalier. The combination was fastest of the non-works teams and Yorkshire-man won the class 16 times but lost out to Brookes on consistency.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Having lost out in their bid to win the Ford works deal Team Dynamics developed their own Ford Mondeos for Matt Neal and Robb Gravett. Success was limited with Neal finishing a distant 3rd in class. He later described the car as the worst he's ever driven and kissed the ground after the final round as he'd never have to drive the car again.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Season review
Ian Heward entered selected rounds in an ageing Vauxhall Cavalier  but the car lacked competitiveness and was a long way from the pace of the other independent runners.


1996 British Touring Car Championship, Championships, Drivers Championship
Note: bold signifies pole position (1 point awarded all races), italics signifies fastest lap.


1996 British motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1996 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 21 July 1996 at Donington Park.


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


1996 Brown Bears football team
In their third season under head coach Mark Whipple, the Bears compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 246 to 238. Brendan Finneran was the team captain.


1996 Brown Bears football team
The Bears' 4–3 conference tied for third in the Ivy League standings. They outscored Ivy opponents 171 to 160.


1996 Brown Bears football team
Brown played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1996 Brownlow Medal
The 1996 Brownlow Medal was the 69th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Michael Voss of the Brisbane Bears and James Hird of the Essendon Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1996 AFL season. Corey McKernan of the North Melbourne Football Club polled the same number of votes as Voss and Hird, but due to a tribunal suspension during the year, he was deemed ineligible to win the award.


1996 Brownlow Medal
This caused some to call for the rules to be changed to allow suspended players to still be eligible. The eligibility rules have remained the same since then, relying on the fairest section of fairest and best to continue to exclude suspended players from being able to win the award. McKernan went on to be a member of North Melbourne's winning 1996 AFL Grand Final  team, something that both Voss and Hird said that they would prefer over winning the medal.


1996 Brownlow Medal
In the lead-up to the count, the AFL requested that the previous year's winner, Paul Kelly, attend the count in person at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne rather than via video link from Sydney. This caused a betting plunge on Kelly.


1996 Brownlow Medal, Leading vote-getters
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.


1996 Broxbourne Borough Council election
The Broxbourne Council election, 1996 was held to elect council members of the Broxbourne Borough Council, the local government authority of the borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.


1996 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
An election was held in 14 wards on 2 May 1996.


1996 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The Labour Party gained 3 seats at the expense of the Conservative Party by recording gains in Cheshunt North Ward, Rye Park Ward and Wormley Turnford Ward.


1996 Broxbourne Borough Council election, Results summary
The political balance of the new council following this election was:


1996 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1996 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Bucknell won the Patriot League championship, its first.


1996 Bucknell Bison football team
In their second year under head coach Tom Gadd, the Bison compiled a 6–5 record. George Howanitz, Rich Lemon and Brandon Little were the team captains.


1996 Bucknell Bison football team
The Bison outscored opponents 234 to 223. Their 4–1 conference record topped the six-team Patriot League standings.


1996 Bucknell Bison football team
Bucknell played its home games at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1996 Budapest Lotto Open
The 1996 Budapest Lotto Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest in Hungary that was part of Tier IV of the 1996 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 6 May until 12 May 1996. Sixth-seeded Ruxandra Dragomir won the singles title.


1996 Budapest Lotto Open, Finals, Doubles
Katrina Adams /  Debbie Graham defeated  Radka Bobková /  Eva Melicharová 6–3, 7–6


1996 Budapest Lotto Open – Doubles
Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Radka Bobková and Eva Melicharová.


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


1996 Budapest Lotto Open – Singles
Sixth-seeded Ruxandra Dragomir won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Melanie Schnell.


1996 Budapest Lotto 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 Buffalo Bills season
The 1996 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise's 27th season in the National Football League, the 37th overall, the 37th under the ownership of Ralph Wilson and the 10th full season under the head coach Marv Levy. It was also the final season for long time bills quarterback Jim Kelly.


1996 Buffalo Bills season
The team matched their previous season's record of 10–6 and qualified for the playoffs, for the second consecutive season and eighth time in nine seasons.


1996 Buffalo Bills season
The Bills were upset at home in the wild card playoffs by the 9–7 Jacksonville Jaguars, 27–30 by a 45-yard field goal from future Bills kicker Mike Hollis, sealing the agonizing defeat.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Preseason, Draft
Mississippi State wide receiver Eric Moulds went on to be the second-leading receiver in Bills history (behind only Andre Reed), with 675 catches for 9,096 yards. He was elected to three Pro Bowls, in 1998, 2000 and 2002.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 2
The Bills upended the Patriots 17–10. Quinn Early caught a 63-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter for Buffalo, then the Bills stopped the Patriots inside their five-yard line in the final seconds.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 3
The Bills' first Monday Night appearance ended in ugly fashion as the Steelers erupted to more rushing yards (222 with two touchdowns from ex-Ram Jerome Bettis) than the Bills had total yards of offense (185). Carnell Lake picked off Jim Kelly and ran back a 47-yard score, part of a 24–6 Steelers win.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 4
The Bills hosted the defending Super Bowl champs who were 1–2 and fell to 1–3 as Buffalo rushed for 135 yards and a Thurman Thomas score while intercepting Troy Aikman three times; the last came in the final minute, and Aikman was tackled awkwardly by Bruce Smith, necessitating a Monday examination of his ankle. Jim Kelly was injured , as Todd Collins was the starting quarterback for Buffalo.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 6
The Bills hosted the Colts, the leagues last undefeated team. They clawed to a 10-3 lead in the second as Todd Collins (quarterback) threw his first NFL touchdown pass of his career. Marshall Faulk's touchdown in the fourth tied the game; an exchange of field goals put the game into overtime tied 13-13 where Steve Christie won it from 39 yards out.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 6
Starting QBs:  Indianapolis Colts: Jim Harbaugh / Buffalo Bills: Todd Collins (quarterback)


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 7
Craig Erickson started for Dan Marino and the Dolphins led 14–7 late in the fourth on scores by Irving Spikes and Karim Abdul-Jabbar. Kelly completed a deep pass to Andre Reed and Reed was stopped at the 1-yard line by Terrell Buckley; the Dolphins held the Bills on the first three downs and Kelly was flagged for intentional grounding, forcing 4th and goal from the 11; Kelly's pass was picked off by Buckley at the 9 and Buckley ran back a 91-yard score. Reacting to fan booing after the 21–7 loss, a disconsolate Kelly said, "We deserved to be booed."


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 8
The Bills traveled to face the 0–7 New York Jets and kicker Steve Christie had a major workload as he booted five field goals to support a Darick Holmes score and to offset three touchdowns by ex-Bill Frank Reich (two to Keyshawn Johnson, one to Wayne Chrebet) and a two-point conversion to Kyle Brady. Christie's sixth field goal finished off a 25–22 Bills win.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 9
On Sunday Night the Bills traveled to Foxboro Stadium and the ensuing game left them tied with the Patriots and Colts for the AFC East lead at 5–3. After trailing 13–0 the Bills clawed back despite a safety given up on an endzone penalty against Jim Kelly; the Bills led 18–15 in the fourth. With 1:25 to go Curtis Martin scored but Adam Vinatieri missed the PAT. Kelly was then intercepted by Willie McGinest and McGinest ran back a 46-yard score, but the Bills on a 48-yard score to Andre Reed pulled to within 28–25 with 30 seconds left; the ensuing onside kick was recovered by ex-Dolphin recently signed by the Patriots Keith Byars.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 10
The Bills hosted the Washington Redskins and Darick Holmes had the game of his career as the Bills rushed for 266 yards (outgaining the entirety of the Skins offense by 28 yards) and five scores, four of them by Holmes. The Bills reached 6–3 with the 38–13 win while the Skins' seven-game winning streak crashed to a halt.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 11
The Bills finished the NFC East portion of their schedule by upending the Eagles 24–17, thus sweeping the NFC East 4-0. Despite being outgained in total yards (385 to 252) the Bills forced two Eagles fumbles and also scored on a blocked punt.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 12
The 4-6 Bengals came to Rich Stadium on a three-game winning streak after the firing of David Shula and promotion of Bruce Coslet to head coach. The Bills didn't care as they rushed for 134 yards and touchdowns from Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas; the Bills led 31-7 in the fourth as the Bengals scored ten points, but could get no further as Buffalo won 31-17.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 13
The Bills hosted the 1–11 Jets and erupted to a 28–3 lead by the fourth quarter; after a Frank Reich touchdown to Jeff Graham the Bills scored again on Eric Moulds' 97-yard kickoff return. The 35–10 win left the Bills at 9–3 entering a three-game road trip.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 14
Starting a three-game road trip, the Bills traveled to Indianapolis where despite 307 yards of offense fell to the Colts 13-10 in overtime. Todd Collins started and was intercepted twice as the Colts forced overtime and won on Cary Blanchard's 49-yard field goal. The Colts started backup QB Paul Justin for this game as well.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 15
The Bills traveled to the Kingdome where Seahawks kicker Todd Peterson booted four field goals while Kelly and Todd Collins combined for two touchdowns and three interceptions. Buffalo's five turnovers were key as Rick Mirer won 26-18 despite only nine completions of 23 attempts.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 16
On Monday Night Football Buffalo's three-game road trip came up empty as the Bills fell to the Dolphins at Joe Robbie Stadium. Joe Nedney booted three field goals and Dan Marino had one touchdown. Jim Kelly had two scores but was picked off once. I was the first time the Bills had been swept by the Dolphins since 1986.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Game summaries, Week 17
The Bills hosted the Chiefs with both teams needing the win to make the playoffs. Steve Bono was harassed all game long and held to just 138 yards with two picks. Jim Kelly rallied the Bills from down 9-6 with two touchdowns. The 20-9 win put the Bills into the playoffs as the AFC Wildcard home team while the Chiefs failed to reach the playoffs for the first time in the decade; it was Kansas City's fourth loss in the last five meetings with Buffalo.


1996 Buffalo Bills season, Playoffs
The first-ever playoff game for the second-year Jaguars saw the game lead tie or change nine times. Natrone Means rushed for 175 yards and a touchdown while Mark Brunell threw for 239 yards, a score, and two interceptions; in the fourth Jeff Burris ran back a 38-yard score off a Brunell pick. The Jaguars rallied with two fourth-quarter scoring drives ending in a 45-yard field goal from future Bills kicker Mike Hollis. The game turned out to be the last home playoff game for the Bills until the 2020 season.


1996 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 1996 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulls offense scored 271 points while the defense allowed 241 points.


1996 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1996 Bulgarian Cup Final was played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on May 1, 1996, and was contested between the sides of Slavia Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match was won by Slavia Sofia. The Levski Sofia players were ordered off the field of play by the chairman Tomas Lafchis shortly after the 75' mark due to the latter's dissatisfaction with the refereeing. Slavia were eventually awarded a 4:0 victory while the 11 footballers who left the pitch were banned for 4 matches.


1996 Bulgarian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1996, with a second round on 3 November. The result was a victory for Petar Stoyanov of the United Democratic Forces, who won 59.7% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 63.3% in the first round and 61.8% in the second.


1996 Burgenland state election
The Burgenland state election of 1996 was held in the Austrian state of Burgenland on 2 June 1996.


1996 Burundian coup d'état
The 1996 Burundian coup d'état was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. In the midst of the Burundi Civil War, former president Pierre Buyoya (a Tutsi) deposed Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. According to Amnesty International, in the weeks following the coup, more than 6,000 people were killed in the country. This was Buyoya's second successful coup, having overthrown Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in 1987.


1996 Burundian coup d'état, Background
Tutsi Pierre Buyoya first came to power in Burundi following a military coup in September 1987, when he deposed Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. Buyoya was president until the country's first democratic presidential election on 27 June 1993, which was won by Hutu Melchior Ndadaye. On 21 October, Ndadaye was assassinated, sparking the Burundi Civil War between Hutu and Tutsi groups. Moderate Hutu Cyprien Ntaryamira became president in February 1994, but both he and Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana were assassinated in April that year, an event that sparked the Rwandan genocide. Ntaryamira was succeeded by another Hutu leader, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.


1996 Burundian coup d'état, July 1996 events
On 21 July 1996, Hutu rebels attacked a refugee camp in the country and killed more than 300 people. On 23 July, President Ntibantunganya went into hiding at the home of U.S. ambassador Morris N. Hughes, Jr. The army took power on 25 July, a move announced over the radio by Defense Minister Firmin Sinzoyiheba. Pierre Buyoya was named interim president. The military takeover was condemned by international leaders including U.S. president Bill Clinton, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the head of the Organisation of African Unity, Salim Ahmed Salim. It was the fourth such takeover of the Burundian government since the country's independence in 1962, and the second to result in Buyoya taking power.


1996 Burundian coup d'état, Aftermath
According to Amnesty International, in the weeks immediately following the coup, more than 6,000 people were killed in the country. Buyoya was succeeded as president in 2003 by Domitien Ndayizeye. The civil war continued until 2005.


1996 CA-TennisTrophy
The 1996 CA-TennisTrophy was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna in Austria and was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and took place from 7 October through 13 October 1996. Fifth-seeded Boris Becker won the singles title.


1996 CA-TennisTrophy, Finals, Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  Daniel Vacek defeated  Menno Oosting /  Pavel Vízner 7–6, 6–4


1996 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to David Prinosil and Michael Stich.


1996 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Menno Oosting and Pavel Vízner.


1996 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Filip Dewulf was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Goran Ivanišević.


1996 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles
Boris Becker won in the final 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–3 against Jan Siemerink.


1996 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1996 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 1–4, 1996 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was VCU, who received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.


1996 CAF Cup
The 1996 CAF Cup was the fifth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each African country's domestic league. It was won by Kawkab Marrakesh in two-legged final victory against ES Sahel.


1996 CAF Super Cup
The 1996 CAF Super Cup was the fourth CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the African Cup of Champions Clubs and the African Cup Winners' Cup.


1996 CAF Super Cup
The match took place on 2 March 1996, in Cape Town, South Africa, between the South African club Orlando Pirates, the 1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs winner, and the Algerian club Kabylie, the 1995 African Cup Winners' Cup winner.


1996 CARIFTA Games
The 25th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 6–8, 1996. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games.


1996 CARIFTA Games, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.