* 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U. S. President Bill Clinton.

Another measure of the difference between these two similarly named but very distinct awards is their per-capita frequency of award: from 1946 to 1961 the average annual incidence of award of the Medal of Freedom was approximately 1 per every 86, 500 adult U. S. citizens ; from 1996 to 2011 the average annual incidence of award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom was approximately 1 per every 20, 500, 000 adult U. S. citizens ( so on an annualized per capita basis, about 240 Medals of Freedom have been awarded per one Presidential Medal of Freedom ).

After leaving Take That, Williams launched his solo career starting off in 1996 by covering George Michael's " Freedom ", the single reached number two in the UK Singles Chart.

* Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom ( VG ) ( 1996 )

A member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors ( Associate 1989, Fellow 1994 ), Rank-Broadley was granted Freedom of the City of London in 1996.

In 1996, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton, the highest civilian award in the United States.

* The Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge, Linda Zagzebski, 1996, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-510763-2

Wilson also starred in the sequels Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom ( 1995 ) and Wing Commander: Prophecy ( 1997 ) and contributed his voice to the animated series Wing Commander Academy ( 1996 ) in the same role.

In 1996, Wei Jingsheng was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Many planned public works projects, such as improvements to freeways and parks, and the completion of Freedom Parkway, were expedited from 1990-1996 in preparation for the Olympic Games that began in August 1996.

In 1996 she championed the Freedom to Farm Act.

The credility of Wen Wei Po can be shown in the survey conducted by the Department of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, entitled " Press Freedom and Political Transition in Hong Kong: A Summary of the Hong Kong Journalist Survey 1996 ".

Press Freedom and Political Transition in Hong Kong: A Summary of the Hong Kong Journalist Survey 1996:

Prior to 1996, the Freedom was only open to British or Commonwealth Citizens over 21 years of age and of good character.

* Philadelphia Frenzy ( 1996 – 97, Pennsylvania Freedom 1995 )

Internationally he became an icon for fighting the Chinese government for more democracy in Hong Kong, and was recognised and awarded by a number of international organisations, including the " 1995 International Human Rights Award " by the American Bar Association, the Prize For Freedom by the Liberal International in 1996, the " Democracy Award " by the United States ' National Endowment for Democracy in 1997, and the " Schuman Medal " in 2000 which Lee was the first non-European to receive from the European Peoples Party and European Democrats.

* The Future of Academic Freedom, ( editor ), 1996, Chicago: U of Chicago Press

After articles were published on human rights and environmental issues by independent magazines and journals ( such as Z Magazine ), Edwards wrote his first book, Free to be Human, ( Green Books, 1995 ), which later appeared in the United States as Burning All Illusions: a Guide to Personal and Political Freedom ( South End Press, 1996 ).

The Taliban regime took control of the airport in November 1996 until they were removed from power during Operation Enduring Freedom in late 2001.

On economic issues, however, he is somewhat closer to the liberal wing of his party: he has voted against most free trade agreements, the Freedom to Farm Act, and the Telecom Act of 1996.

In 1996, his remains were brought to Republic of Turkey and reburied in Istanbul Şişli Abide-i Hürriyet ( Obelisk of Freedom ) cemetery.

That same year the EP Freedom Call was released including cover versions of Judas Priest ´ s " Painkiller ", which was followed by the release of the live album Holy Live, recorded in Paris in 1996.

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

Cronenberg received the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for Crash.

* Kyoto Prize, 1996

Kroto, Curl, and Smalley were awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their roles in the discovery of this class of molecules.

Sir Harry Kroto, who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of buckyballs commented: " This most exciting breakthrough provides convincing evidence that the buckyball has, as I long suspected, existed since time immemorial in the dark recesses of our galaxy.

In 1996 he was awarded the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science.

Sir Harold ( Harry ) Walter Kroto, FRS ( born 7 October 1939 as Harold Walter Krotoschiner ), is a British chemist and one of the three recipients to share the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley.

Fullerenes were discovered in 1985 by Harry Kroto, Richard Smalley, and Robert Curl, who together won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry .< ref >

Charles Porter's photograph of firefighter Chris Fields holding the dying infant Baylee Almon won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1996.

The photo, taken by utility company employee Charles H. Porter IV, won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.

In 1996, along with Robert Curl, also a professor of chemistry at Rice, and Harold Kroto, a professor at the University of Sussex, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of a new form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene (" buckyballs "), and was a leading advocate of nanotechnology and its many applications, including its use in creating strong but lightweight materials as well as its potential to fight cancer.

* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1996

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene ( with Richard Smalley, also of Rice University, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex ).

* 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* November 2 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* January 29 – Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* December 19 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 1996 )

* May 24 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* July 20 – Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 1996 )

** Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( died 1996 )

* Matthews received the Ig Nobel Prize for physics in 1996 for this work ( see list ).

He is a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and a former prime minister, having served from 2006 until his inauguration as president after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election.

Along with José Ramos-Horta, he received the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize for work " towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor.

Bishop Belo's labours on behalf of the East Timorese and in pursuit of peace and reconciliation were internationally recognised when, along with José Ramos-Horta, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1996.

“ The Nobel Lecture ,” given by The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1996, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Titular bishop of Lorium and Apostolic Administrator of Dili ( East Timor ): Oslo, December 10, 1996.