* In 1996, Kohl received the Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation

* In 1996, Kohl received a Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, a Jesuit run institution.

Kohl is known for her collection of German-style cooking recipes published as Kulinarische Reise durch Deutsche Länder ( Culinary Journey through German Regions ) which was published in 1996.

During one such visit, to Dublin in December 1996, Juncker successfully mediated a dispute over his own EU Economic and Monetary Union policy between French president Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

* On April 18, 1996, there was a first mutiny by 200 – 300 soldiers who claimed that they had not received their wage since 1992 – 1993.

In the Czech Republic, anyone who spent more than six months in the UK or France between the years 1980 and 1996 or received transfusion in the UK after the year 1980 is not allowed to donate blood.

Jones, whose work had been nominated eight times over his career for an Oscar ( winning thrice: For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line ), received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for " the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century.

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

" In 1996, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

It was also revealed in December 1996 that Fine Gael had received some £ 180, 000 from Ben Dunne in the period 1987 to 1993.

Frankenheimer's 1996 film The Island of Doctor Moreau, which he took over a few weeks into production from Richard Stanley, was the cause of countless stories of production woes and personality clashes and received scathing reviews.

In 1996, Malawi received a number of Rwandan and Congolese refugees seeking asylum.

In 1996, the Health Professional Council released a draft of Bylaws for the College of Midwives of BC which received Cabinet approval on April 13, 1997.

He was on ballots in 48 states and received 0. 12 % of the vote in 1996.

As Smith made his final tour of the National League, he was honored by many teams, and received a standing ovation at the 1996 All-Star Game in Philadelphia.

* In 1996, he received the Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility for promoting the responsible use of technology.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to civilians occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996 — about 40 U. S. civil service employees received the award for their injuries.

In the 1996 Nicaraguan election, Ortega and Ramírez both campaigned unsuccessfully as presidential candidates on behalf of their respective parties, with Ortega receiving 43 % of the vote while Arnoldo Alemán of the Constitutional Liberal Party received 51 %.

The series received the Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1996 for " I Dream of You " as well as the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Best Comic Book in 1997.

He received the National Cartoonist Society Comic Book Award for 1986, their Humor Comic Book Award for 1973, 1974, and 1976, their Magazine and Book Illustration Award for 1989, their Special Features Award for 1977, their Gag Cartoon Award for 1983, and their Reuben Award in 1996 for his work on Mad and Groo the Wanderer.

The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama three times ( 1994, 1996, and 1997 ), and Duchovny and Anderson received multiple award nominations for their performances.

By January 1996, the party had collected $ 400, 000 in donations, while Hagelin's campaign had received about $ 300, 000 plus $ 100, 000 in matching funds.

Sir Harry, the first Briton to win the chemistry prize in over ten years, received the prize in 1996 for the discovery of a new class of carbon compounds known as the fullerenes.

General elections were held in Malta on 26 October 1996 ; although the Labour received the most votes, the Nationalists won the most seats.

After completing graduate school in 1996, Dembski was unable to secure a university position ; from then until 1999 he received what he calls " a standard academic salary " of $ 40, 000 a year as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture ( CSC ).

Perot received eight percent of the popular vote in 1996, much less than in the 1992 race but still an unusually successful third-party showing by U. S. standards.

Digital Ocean, Inc. an OEM licensee of the Apple Newton, offered the Seahorse product, which integrated the Newton handheld computer, an AMPS / CDPD handset / modem along with a web browser in 1996, winning the CTIA's hardware product of the year award as a smartphone, arguably the world's first.

In 1996 and 1999, the show won the BAFTA award for Best Comedy, while Morgan also won Best Comedy Performance.

At the 1996 British Comedy Awards the show won Top Channel 4 Sitcom Award, McLynn took the Top TV Comedy Actress award.

* 1996 – Honorary César Award The César is the main national film award in France.

In 1996, Lemmon was awarded with the Honorary Golden Bear award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.

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 ).

This award was first given in 1996 to Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Hird jointly won the Brownlow Medal with Michael Voss in 1996, the award for the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League.

Carey won his third best and fairest award in 1996, but finished runner-up to team mate Corey McKernan in the Players ' Association MVP award.

In BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore ( 1996 ), the Court ruled that an excessive punitive award can amount to an arbitrary deprivation of property in violation of due process.

* Words and Music: Only four musicals have won the Tony Award for Best Musical when a person had ( co -) written the Book ( non-sung dialogue and storyline ) and the Score ( music and lyrics ): 1958 winner The Music Man ( Meredith Willson – award for Book and Score did not exist that year ), 1986 winner The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( Rupert Holmes – who also won for Book and Score ), 1996 winner Rent ( Jonathan Larson – who also won for Book and Score ), and 2011 winner The Book of Mormon ( Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone also won for Book and Score ).

The prize ( with an award of $ 3000 ) was granted twice: to Benet Davetian in 1996 for The Seventh Circle, and David Manicom in 1997 for Ice In Dark Water.

The 1996 drama Shine achieved an Academy Award for Best Actor award for Geoffrey Rush and Gregor Jordan's 1999 film Two Hands gave Heath Ledger his first leading role.

After the season, Ben Gordon became the first rookie to win the NBA Sixth Man Award and the first Bull to win the award since 1996 with Toni Kukoč.

He received the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema in 1996.

Hill's 1996 world championship earned him his second BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award, making him one of only three people to receive the award twice – the others being boxer Henry Cooper and Mansell.

In 1996, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution authorized the General William C. Westmoreland award.

George won the NFL Rookie of the Year award in 1996, and was the Oilers / Titans ' starting tailback through 2003, never missing a start due to injury.

In 1996 she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, an award she was nominated for on seven occasions.