1996

1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1990s decade. It was also a common year starting on Tuesday of the obsolete Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1960s  1970s  1980s  – 1990s –  2000s  2010s  2020s
Years: 1993 1994 199519961997 1998 1999

The most important events

 
Blizzard of January 1996:Snow drifts in Yonkers, New York.
 
Bill Clinton is reelected as US president.

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1996 Media

Other websites

  Media related to 1996 at Wikimedia Commons