* 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards-Best Actress ( Miho Nakayama )

In 1996, the Ribon editing department at Shueisha began publishing a manga magazine called Ribon Teens which featured a mixture of both the then-new and popular Ribon manga artists like Ai Yazawa, Miho Obana, and Mihona Fujii, and classic Ribon manga artists like Jun Hasegawa, Koi Ikeno, and Aoi Hiiragi.

* Under Grand Royal, Honda and Hatori formed side-project band Butter 08 ( 1996 ) with Russell Simins, Rick Lee and Mike Mills.

In Australia, some cars continued to use carburetors well into the 1990s ; these included the Honda Civic until 1993, Daihatsu Charade until 1997, the Suzuki Swift until its end in 1999, as well as the Ford Laser ( 1994 ), Mazda 323 sedan ( 1996 ), and Mitsubishi Magna sedan ( 1996 ).

The highest speed for a MotoGP motorcycle in 125 cc category is by Valentino Rossi in 1996 for Aprilia and the top speed in the history of MotoGP is, set by Dani Pedrosa riding a Repsol Honda RC212V 800 cc during Free Practice 1 at the 2009 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.

Ford found that customers were turned off by the car's oval shape, and although it managed to retain its title as the bestselling car in the United States, this was only because of heavy sales to rental fleets ; 51 % of all Taurus sales for 1996 went to rental fleets, in contrast to the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, of which most sales were to private customers through retail outlets.

Previously, Honda had four-wheel steering as an option in their 1987 – 2000 Prelude and Honda Ascot Innova models ( 1992 – 1996 ).

* Honda Ascot Innova ( 1992 ) ( high and low speed, computerized from 1992 – 1996 )

The 2. 5 L Honda V6 was a completely different engine from the Rover KV6 engine introduced in 1996 ( only sold in the U. S. in the Land Rover Freelander ), although the two share the same 2. 5 L capacity and V6 architecture.

* In 1996 the race was won by Honda for a second time.

The " Aerodeck " name was reused on the Honda Civic 5-door stationwagon ( estate ), sold in the UK from 1996 to 2000.

It was introduced in 1995 to supplant the Acura Vigor and was badged for the Japanese-market from 1996 to 2000 as the Honda Inspire and from 1996 to 2004 as the Honda Saber.

The Inspire has over the previous generations grown in all dimensions in that it is larger than the first and second generation Honda / Acura Legends built between 1985 and 1996, with a larger and more powerful V6 engine.

It should be noted that the 2. 5 L Honda C25A V6 is a completely different engine from the Rover KV6 Engine introduced in 1996, although the two share the same nominal 2. 5 L capacity and a V6 architecture.

Although the 800 had fallen behind the opposition considerably ( few mechanical changes were made, apart from the introduction of the Rover KV6 Engine which replaced the Honda 2. 7 V6 in 1996 ), it was a steady seller until 1999, when it was replaced by the Rover 75.

The first-generation Acura RL was a rebadged version of the third-generation Honda Legend, and was first introduced to the North American market in 1996, to replace the second-generation Acura Legend.

The 1996 – 2004 3. 5RL's engine was the last in the Honda and Acura lineup not to use Honda's variable valve timing system ( VTEC ), along with the seventh generation Honda Civic DX and LX non-VTEC engines.

The replacement vehicles introduced in 1996 on the GA base were renamed " Honda Logo " ( three-door hatchback, GA3 / 5 series ), and the Honda Capa with five-door hatchback bodywork.

* 1996 – 1998 JDM Honda Civic Sir / SiRII ( EK4 )

in 1996, Cibo Matto contributed " Águas De Março ( Waters of March )" to the AIDS benefit album Silencio = Muerte: Red Hot + Latin produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Organized in June 1996, the first concert ( in San Francisco ) opened with Icelandic singer Björk and featured acts such as Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Cibo Matto, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and De La Soul.

La Woman is an album by Cibo Matto released in 1996 by Warner Bros. Records.

One notable example is " Sugar Water "-Cibo Matto ( 1996 ), where one side of the screen shows the video played normally, and the other side shows the same video played backwards.

Additionally, the Sun Devils were Pac-10 Champions in 1986, 1996, and 2007.

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.

Between 1988 and 1996, there were an average of 133, 735 hospital discharges for amputation per year in the US.

The first official home video releases of Beavis and Butt-Head were two VHS tapes titled There Goes the Neighborhood and Work Sucks !, distributed by Sony Music Video and MTV Home Video in 1996 in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

Eight more VHS compilations were released between 1996 and 1999 in the United States, before the final volume, Butt-O-Ween, was issued in October 1999.

Pay BBSes such as The WELL and Echo NYC ( now Internet forums rather than dial-up ), ExecPC, PsudNetwork and MindVox ( which folded in 1996 ) were admired for their tight-knit communities and quality discussion forums.

In 1996, both practices were replaced by the latest approach known as standard precautions ( health care ).

By 1996, the cemetery and marker were in poor condition, but a new granite headstone was erected in 1997.

In 1996 Charlie Ellington at Cambridge University showed that vortices created by many insects ’ wings and non-linear effects were a vital source of lift ; vortices and non-linear phenomena are notoriously difficult areas of hydrodynamics, which has made for slow progress in theoretical understanding of insect flight.

More recently, Bacardi lawyers were influential in the drafting of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act which sought to extend the scope of the United States embargo against Cuba.

Frederick Seitz, in a June 12, 1996 editorial-page piece in the Wall Street Journal complained that alterations made to Chapter 8 of the 1995 IPCC report were made to " deceive policy makers and the public into believing that the scientific evidence shows human activities are causing global warming.

Ports of the game were released for the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Sharp X68000, PC ( MS-DOS, 1989 and 1996 ), Apple II, FM Towns Marty, Sega Master System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom Disk System, Sega Game Gear, mobile phone ( Sprint PCS ), Texas Instruments TI-8x series of calculators and UltraCade's Taito Arcade Classics.

The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.

Military rebellions and social unrest in 1996 were accompanied by widespread destruction of property and a drop in GDP of 2 %.

* On November 15, 1996, there was a third mutiny and 1, 500 French soldiers were flown in to ensure the safety of the foreigners.

1996 and 1997 were a period of post-war recovery and improving economic conditions.

Probably more representative of British humour were the working class comedies Brassed Off ( 1996 ) and The Full Monty ( 1997 ).

In 1996, Love began a relationship with actor Edward Norton and were at one point engaged, but separated in 1999.

In both 1996 and 2003, the Panthers were responsible for eliminating the Cowboys in the playoffs which led to the local nickname for the Panthers being the " Cowboy killers ".

In 1996 the midfield wishbone " C " was changed to a large blue Bears head, and the end zone design were painted with " Bears " in cursive.

A total of eight Ohio Cup games were played, in 1989 to 1996, with the Indians winning six of them.

Under his sole leadership Charlton made an appearance in the playoffs in 1996 but were eliminated by Crystal Palace in the semi-finals and the following season brought a disappointing 15th place finish.

In June 1996, at a press conference to announce the release of their greatest hits album Recurring Dream, Neil revealed that Crowded House were to disband.

The June 1996 concerts in Europe and Canada were to be their final performances.