93, pp. 2686 – 2689, April 1996.

According to Roy Andrew Miller ( 1996: 98-99 ), the Clauson – Doerfer critique of Altaic relies exclusively on lexicon, whereas the fundamental evidence for Altaic consists in verbal morphology.

The most important text for the study of early Korean is the Hyangga, a collection of 25 poems, of which some go back to the Three Kingdoms period ( 57 – 668 AD ), but are preserved in an orthography that only goes back to the 9th century AD ( Miller 1996: 60 ).

* 1927 – Gerry Mulligan, American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger ( d. 1996 )

* 1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor ( d. 1996 )

* 1932 – Tiny Tim, American singer, ukulele player, and archivist ( d. 1996 )

* 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor and entrepreneur ( d. 1996 )

* 1921 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg ( d. 1996 )

* 1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

* 1990 – JonBenét Ramsey, American model and murder victim ( d. 1996 )

* 1899 – P. L. Travers, Australian author ( d. 1996 )

* 1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* 1996 – Antonia Lottner, German tennis player

* 1996 – Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician ( b. 1913 )

* 1996 – John McSherry, American baseball umpire ( b. 1944 )

* 1930 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician ( d. 1996 )

* 1941 – Ron Brown, American politician ( d. 1996 )

* 1996 – Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer

* 1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian military leader and politician, 29th President of Brazil ( d. 1996 )

* 1996 – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral ( b. 1939 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1998 – Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.

Turner Field, first used for the 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium and then converted into a baseball-only facility for the Braves, is named after him.

* July 27 – The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills 1 and injures 111.

* May 31 – Eric Rudolph, suspected in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, is captured in Murphy, North Carolina.

The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympics, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from July 19 to August 4, 1996.

Furthermore, unlike their bid for the 1996 Games which was largely criticized for its overall disorganization and arrogance – wherein the bid lacked specifics and relied largely upon sentiment and the notion that it was Athens ' right to organize the Centennial Games ; the bid for the 2004 Games was lauded for its humility and earnestness, its focused message, and its detailed bid concept .< ref >

This list of past presidents of the Village of Hodgkins comes from the village's publication, 100 Years of Progress, published for the Village's Centennial celebration in 1996.

In 2003, Eric Rudolph, the fugitive who was responsible for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing and other deadly bombings, was arrested in Murphy.

Under him, the Orchestra played at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

* International Boulevard, near Centennial Olympic Park, was renamed Andrew Young International Boulevard, in honor of his involvement in bringing the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.

The Centennial Boston Marathon in 1996 established a record as the world's largest marathon with 38, 708 entrants, 36, 748 starters, and 35, 868 finishers.

* On 27 July 1996 Eric Rudolph used a pipe bomb in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Rudolph is best known as the perpetrator of Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta which occurred on July 27, 1996, during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing was a terrorist bombing on July 27, 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States during the 1996 Summer Olympics, the first of four committed by Eric Robert Rudolph.

They won while hosting the tournament in 1990, repeated in 1991, again in 1996, in 1999 and most recently won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010 ; giving arguably the most dominant performance of any franchise in a single decade since the introduction of the Centennial Cup in 1971.

** The park was originally the Centennial Olympic Stadium of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the stadium was converted into a baseball park to serve as the new home of the franchise.

A women's tournament was added in 1996 ; in contrast to the men's event, full international sides without age restrictions play the women's Olympic tournament.

* 1996 – Ye Shiwen, Chinese swimmer, Olympic gold medalist

Nurmi's record for most Olympic gold medals was matched by gymnast Larisa Latynina in 1964, swimmer Mark Spitz in 1972 and fellow track and field athlete Carl Lewis in 1996, and broken by swimmer Michael Phelps in 2008.

From 1984 through 1992, the Summer Olympic Games featured solo and duet competitions, but they both were dropped in 1996 in favor of team competition.

It was an Olympic event for men between 1984 – 2008 and for women 1996 – 2008.

Peron anchored the United States team to an Olympic Bronze in 1996 at Atlanta.

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, she won the bronze medal.

At the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics, the nations that were part of the Unified Team started to make their Olympic debuts.

Beach volleyball, a variation of the game played on sand and with only two players per team, became a FIVB-endorsed variation in 1987 and was added to the Olympic program at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Sydney Games, held in 2000, followed the hundredth anniversary of the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

* September 18 – The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta, Georgia.

* October 14 – Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with four bombings ( including the 1996 Olympic bombing ) in Atlanta, Georgia.

* December 9 – Kurt Angle, American amateur and professional wrestler, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist

The Championship acted as an Olympic qualifier, and hosts Croatia, who had won the 1996 Olympics, needed to finish in the top five to qualify.

Although no copyright applies to the song in Australia and many other countries, the Australian Olympic organisers had to pay royalties to Carl Fischer Music following the song being played at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.

He is a four-time Overall World Champion for 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998, and winner of three Olympic gold medals.

* Since the 1996 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee have recognized a separate Palestine Olympic Committee and Palestinian team.