* Major League Soccer MVP: 1996

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* 1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at-26 ° F (- 32. 2 ° C )

General Liu Jingsong, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, led China's first military delegation to Kenya in December 1996 ; Major General Nick Leshan, commander of the Kenyan air force, paid a return visit in 1997.

Osborne Earl " Ozzie " Smith ( born December 26, 1954 ) is an American former baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals from 1978 to 1996.

File: John Major 1996. jpg | Sir John Major < BR > KG CH PC ACIBserved 1990 – 1997, born 1943

With a sports division now established with the arrival of the NFL, Fox acquired over-air broadcast rights to the National Hockey League ( 1994 – 99 ), Major League Baseball ( since 1996 ), and NASCAR auto racing ( since 2001 ).

Major Problems in California History ( 1996 ), primary and secondary documents

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

He was promoted by John Major in 1996 to the Whips ' Office.

* Larry Barnett, Longtime Umpire 1969-1999 Major League Baseball, Worked infamous Game 3 of 1975 World Series and 1996 Jeffrey Maier American League Championship Series.

After one last effective season with the San Diego Padres in 1996 and a short stint with the Saint Louis Cardinals in 1997, he retired from Major League Baseball.

* The Battalion Commander's Handbook, 1996, By Major General Richard A. Chilcoat, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

Zito was taken by the Seattle Mariners in the 59th round ( 1, 586th overall ) of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, and in the third round ( 83rd overall ) by the Texas Rangers in 1998, but did not sign with either team.

Nash returned to translate into English prose and verse The Major Latin Poems of Jacopo Sannazaro, ( Detroit: Wayne State University Press ) 1996.

Major Issues in History of Korean Culture: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Korean Studies, Moscow, December 17-20, 1996.

He made his Major League debut on August 31, 1996, as a defensive replacement against Oakland.

Ginuwine's first single, ( written by Static Major ) the 1996 " Pony " from Ginuwine ... The Bachelor, showcased his smooth vocals and Timbaland's innovative production style, and the two became a hit-making duo.

It has also provided lessons for its successor Major League Soccer, which has taken precautions against such problems, particularly a philosophy of financial restraint ( mainstream US sport, by the time of MLS ' startup in 1996, had adopted financial restraint rules, which MLS adopted ).

Prior to the launch of Major League Soccer in 1996, teams from Los Angeles played in the Western American Soccer League, the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League / A-League, winning ten league championships ( 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1976 ), seven Lamar Hunt US Open Cups ( 1958, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 ), four regional championships ( 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 ) and one international championship ( 1975 ).

The 1976 and 1996 Major League Baseball All-Star Games were held at the venue.

Chequers: The House and its History: The Prime Minister's Country House and its History by Norma Major with photos by Mark Fiennes ( 1996 ) Harper Collins, reprinted hardcover ISBN 978-0-00-470875-1 and paperback ISBN 978-0-316-85844-1.

Major League Soccer's first all-star game was played at Giants Stadium in the summer of 1996.

Their lower level Minor League Baseball teams began play in 1996 ; the expansion draft was held that year as well.

Ajax's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final ; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.

Compaq sponsored Queens Park Rangers Football Club from 1994 to 1996, during their previous two seasons as a Premier League club.

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 the postseason, the Cardinals first faced the San Diego Padres in the 1996 National League Division Series.

The Cardinals faced the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 National League Championship Series.

The team continued this run of success with wins over the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS ( 3 games to 1 ) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS ( 4 games to 1 ), to become the first Phillies team to win back-to-back pennants and the first National League team since the 1996 Atlanta Braves to have an opportunity to defend their World Series title.

Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1996 season.

From 1960 to 1996, the team was known as the Houston Oilers, an original charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ).

* March 1 – Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the National Football League ( d. 1996 )

In the 1996 general election the League gained 7 out of 8 single-seat constituencies in the Province of Bergamo and 5 out of 6 in the Province of Vicenza, winning well over 40 %, while the combined score of the three main post-DC parties ( the new PPI, the CCD and the CDU ) was highest in Campania ( 22. 3 %).

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

The Tyrone GAA football side has had considerable success since 2000, winning three All Ireland titles ( in 2003, 2005 and 2008 ), they have also won thirteen Ulster titles ( 1956, 1957, 1973, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010 ) and two National League titles ( in 2002 and 2003 ).

He was also top scorer at Euro 1996 with England, scoring five goals, and in the 1996 – 97 Premier League, with 25 goals.

Shearer made his league debut away at Everton, on 17 August 1996, and maintained his form during the rest of the season, finishing as Premier League top-scorer for the third consecutive season with 25 goals in 31 Premier League games, as well as winning another PFA Player of the Year accolade, despite a groin injury forcing him to miss seven matches.

The are two senior clubs, the Traralgon Maroons ( which briefly competed in the Victorian Football League between 1996 – 1997 ) currently competing in the Gippsland Football League and Traralgon-Tyers United competing in the North Gippsland Football League.

The NASL collapsed abruptly in late 1984, and was not replaced by a new professional soccer league until Major League Soccer's first season in 1996.

Roy Lassiter ( born March 9, 1969 in Washington, D. C .) is a retired American soccer striker, and Major League Soccer's record holder for goals scored in a season, with 27 in 1996.

The MLS Inaugural Player Draft, held before Major League Soccer's initial 1996 season, distributed players who had already graduated from college to the league's ten inaugural teams.