Since the first commercial cultivation of genetically modified plants in 1996, they have been modified to be tolerant to the herbicides glufosinate and glyphosate, to be resistant to virus damage as in Ringspot virus-resistant GM papaya, grown in Hawaii, and to produce the Bt toxin, an insecticide that is documented as non-toxic to mammals.

UAAI was dissolved in 1996, and Holden returned to selling only GM products.

About 62 % of the GM cotton grown from 1996 to 2011 was insect resistant, 24 % stacked product and 14 % herbicide resistant.

GM soy was approved for cultivation in Argentina in 1996.

In 1996, Saturn Dealerships distributed the electric General Motors EV1, the first car released under the GM marque.

Cronyn was also a cousin of Canadian-born theater producer, Robert Whitehead, and a first cousin of the Canadian-British artist Hugh Verschoyle Cronyn GM ( 1905 – 1996 ).

From 1996 to 1998 GM produced 1117 EV1s, 800 of which were made available through three-year leases.

* Matt Dunigan – player ( QB ), 2006 ( Edmonton Eskimos 1983 – 87 ; BC Lions 1988 – 89 ; Toronto Argonauts 1990 – 91 ; Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1992 – 94 ; Birmingham Barracudas 1995 ; Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1996 ; Calgary Stampeders 2004 as coach / GM ).

In 1996, his leadership at GM was recognized once more by IRI with the presentation of their official Medal.

In the 1996 model year, GM renamed the model from Eighty Eight Royale to three models – Eighty Eight, LSS ( A " Luxury Sports Sedan " targeted to male European car buyers, available with a supercharged V6 and a floor mounted gear shifter ).

GM offered its full-size wagons in wood trim versions until their final year in 1996.

The North American Chevrolet Lumina was based on the mid-size GM W platform, which was shared with the Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Oldsmobile Intrigue, Buick Regal and Buick Century ( after 1996 ).

The Cavalier wasn't the only GM product sold in Japan ; the Saturn S-series was sold in right hand drive conversions at Saturn dealerships ( some former Isuzu dealerships ) from 1996 until 2003, and some Toyota Vista Shops also retailed Saturns.

1996 Regal sedanA new Regal appeared in 1988 on the GM W platform.

GM followed suit in 1996 where its B-body line was phased out, where its sports cars ( Camaro, Firebird, Corvette ) were the only RWDs marketed ; by the early 2000s, the Chevrolet Corvette and Cadillac Catera were the only RWD cars offered by General Motors until the introduction of the Sigma platform.

GM spun EDS off as an independent company in 1996.

He is the winner of the following Open and GM tournaments: Haifa 1993, Bad Homburg 1996, Rishon LeZion 1996, Beijing 1995 and 1997, and Munich 1992.

While the original 50 Impact cars were destroyed after testing was finished, the design had evolved into the GM EV1 by 1996.

FirstBus acquired GM Buses North in Greater Manchester and Strathclyde Buses in Greater Glasgow in 1996, and Mainline in South Yorkshire and CentreWest in London in 1997, and Capital Citybus in London in 1998.

* 1982 – 1996 GM A platform ( FWD )-Celebrity, 6000, Century, Cutlass Ciera

In North America, full-size station wagons would vanish during the 1990s ; Ford was the first to discontinue theirs after the 1991 model year, with GM following suit after 1996.

* The " LUMINA APV " badges were entirely removed from the doors ; this happened with the 1994 facelift as well until GM entirely discontinued Lumina APV production after 1996.

Other Liberator orders were on a much smaller scale and included 10 each in 1997 for Liverpool independent CMT Buses, Ireland's Bus Éireann and by then FirstBus owned Strathcylde Buses / Greater Glasgow and GM Buses North took 5 Liberators delivered just after being taken over by FirstBus in 1996.

After 1984, the platform was renamed the GM D platform and continued in production to 1996.

In 1996, the ten-year-old Brisbane Bears had enjoyed their best season to date, losing a preliminary final to the eventual premiers, North Melbourne.

It has been reported by defectors and refugees that, at the height of the North Korean famine in 1996, cannibalism was sometimes practiced in North Korea.

Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1996.

The college has been ranked among the top ten master's universities in the North by U. S. News & World Report every year since 1996.

* 1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

On July 23, 1996, a North Carolina jury threw out a class action suit brought on behalf of more than 160, 000 onetime supporters who contributed as much as $ 7, 000 each to Bakker's coffers in the 1980s.

He held the seat until 1999: as Papanui until 1984, as Christchurch North until 1996, and as Waimakariri thereafter.

North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press Publishers and Wholesalers, 1996.

In October 1996, in support of Test For Echo, the band embarked on a North American tour, the band's first without an opening act and dubbed " An Evening with Rush ".

Following the " peace dividend " after the fall of the Soviet bloc, the company sold its defense and aerospace business, including what was once North American Aviation and Rocketdyne, to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems in December 1996.

One of the last games released for the 32X in North America was Spider-Man: Web of Fire ( 1996 ), and one of the last ever was Darxide, released only in Europe, which had been intended by Frontier Developments to be a launch title for the ill-fated Neptune.

Stemming back from the 1996 Grand Final loss to North Melbourne, Sydney has established a minor rivalry with the over recent history.

* 1996 ( as Sydney Swans ) – defeated by North Melbourne 19. 17 ( 131 ) to 13. 10 ( 88 ); first grand final appearance after relocation

* 1996: BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore

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

The first phase of residential development occurred in the summer of 1996 with Celebration Village, West Village and Lake Evalyn ; this was followed by the North Village, South Village, East Village and Aquila Reserve and the final Artisan Park phases.

Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset ( B & NES ).

This film was released in North America on 8 December 1996 on three screens.

North went on to win the 1996 premiership, with Carey again a stand out in all three finals games, including the Grand Final against Sydney, where he was runner-up to Glenn Archer in Norm Smith Medal voting.

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.

* North American Touring Car Championship ( NATCC ) ran from 1996 to 1997.

* Hoxie, Frederick E. Encyclopedia of North American Indians New York: Houghton Mifflin Books, 1996 ISBN 0-395-66921-9

Li taught in Australia and North America in August and October 1996, respectively.

In 1996 and 1997, the SSI Pro Tour staged eight televised events in both North America and Europe with $ 36, 000 in cash prizes awarded to freefly teams.