SpongeBob was created and designed by cartoonist Stephen Hillenburg shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996.

When Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996, Hillenburg began developing the concept, and in 1995 teamed with some of his former " Rocko " colleagues to design the show's backgrounds and characters.

In 1996 he pitched then-career high 224 innings but finished with an 11 – 14 record.

He also appeared in his first two postseason games in 1997, going 1-1 with an ERA of 2. 45 while throwing 133 and 2 / 3 innings, a sharp increase from the 53 he pitched in 1996.

In 1996 with class A Delmarva Shorebirds he pitched 164. 1 with a team leading 173 strikeouts and 57 walks.

Thomson pitched in the Rockies minor league system for the Arizona Rockies of the Arizona Rookie League in 1993, the Asheville Tourists of the low single-A South Atlantic League ( 1994 ), the Central Valley Rockies of the advanced single-A California League ( 1994 ), the New Haven Ravens of the double-A Eastern League ( 1995 – 1996 ) and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the triple-A Pacific Coast League ( 1996 – 1997 ).

Williams pitched for the Australian Olympic baseball team in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

In terms of single season pitching records for the Bruins, Parque ranks third in wins with 13 in 1997, ninth for games started with 19 in 1997, ninth for innings pitched with 125 in 1996, fourth in strikeouts with 119 in 1997, and fifth in strikeouts with 116 in 1996.

In 1996, De Luca, a self-proclaimed " Trekkie ", was approached by the producers Brannon Braga and Ron Moore for Star Trek: Voyager and pitched an idea which turned into an opportunity to write an episode for the series.

In both 1996 and 1997, Hoffman pitched over 80 innings, with 111 strikeouts, averaged approximately 40 saves, and had ERAs of 2. 25 and 2. 66.

In 1996, led the Texas League with 4 shutouts while pitching for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers and led all Cardinal minor league pitchers with 175 innings pitched.

In the 1996 American League Division Series, he pitched in three games, earning one loss and surrendering his only postseason home run.

Seay is a graduate of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida, where he compiled a 30 – 4 record in three years ( 1994 – 1996 ) with a 0. 79 earned run average ( ERA ) and 362 strikeouts in 221⅓ innings pitched.

Irabu pitched for the Lotte Orions, who later became the Chiba Lotte Marines, of the Pacific League from 1988 to 1996.

* Jason Marquis, major league baseball All Star starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, pitched the Tottenville Pirates to two consecutive New York City Public Schools Athletic League titles, in 1995 and 1996.

According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged ' that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name Cast of Characters.

The first took place on August 4, 1996, when Luther Hackman pitched a 4 – 1 no-hit game against the Kinston Indians.

During a 11-year baseball career, he pitched for the Seattle Mariners ( 1988 – 1993 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1994 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1995 ), and Toronto Blue Jays ( 1996 – 1998 ).

He pitched in seven minor league games: one in 1994 and 1996, two in 2002, and one game in 2005, 2006, and 2007, with a 3. 86 ERA in 10 innings pitched.

Smith pitched his final career game for the Pirates on July 5, 1996 ; he would be released by the Pirates the following day.

Tsao pitched for his country in five major international competitions, including the Junior World Championships ( 1996 – 1997, 1999 ), the 1999 Asian Baseball Championship, and the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

In 1996, he pitched for the Canadian Olympic baseball team ; they failed to qualify for the Olympics.

In 1996 – 1997, Campbell was a recurring guest star on the show Ellen as Ed Billik, who becomes Ellen's boss when she sells her bookstore in season four.

In 1996, he was a writer and co-creator of the show Space Cases, a Nickelodeon television show with themes similar to Lost in Space.

* In the Spirit of Resistance: African-American Modernists and the Mexican Muralist School, group show, 1996, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

In 1996, the Moldovan parliament, citing fears of " Romanian expansionism ," rejected a proposal from President Mircea Snegur to change the name of the language to Romanian, and in 2003 a Moldovan-Romanian dictionary was published, purporting to show that the two countries speak different languages.

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.

* In 1996, Mattel's Hot Wheels brand released a two-car pack entitled Home Improvement based on the show which featured Tim's 1933 Ford Convertible and the Dixie Chopper racing mower ( with a mini-figure Tim as the rider ) as well as a mini-figure of Al and a Binford tool box.

His fiftieth birthday, in 1996, was celebrated with a show in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and the album ( of duets ) was released the same year.

In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played their final show and then disbanded.

He guest-starred in episode 8 of the 1996 variety show Muppets Tonight.

The Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996.

A loose American remake of the show starred Bill Cosby and was simply titled Cosby ; it ran from 1996 to 2000.

The longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television is Istories Tou Horkou ( Villages Stories, 1996 – 2006 and 2010 – 2011 ) ( CyBC ) which was premiered on March 1996 but was canceled on June 2006.

The pregame show featured Los del Río who performed their multi-platinum smash hit " Macarena ", the dance craze that became a worldwide summer hit in 1996.

In 1996, Gilliam directed the stage show Slava's Diabolo created and staged by Russian clown artist Slava Polunin.

** Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian ( d. 1996 )

* February 6 – Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian & game show host ( d. 1996 )

David Benson's 1996 Edinburgh Fringe show, Think No Evil of Us: My Life with Kenneth Williams, saw Benson playing Williams ; after touring, the show ran in London's West End.

" The 12 year old animal was alive at the time when Oprah Winfrey raised concerns about cannibalistic feeding practices on her show which aired 16 April 1996.

Changing Rooms, a TV show that began in 1996, showed couples redecorating each other's houses, and was the first reality show with a self-improvement or makeover theme.

The British show Changing Rooms, beginning in 1996 ( later remade in the US as Trading Spaces ) was the first such renovation show that added a game show feel with different weekly contestants.