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

On 16 January 1996, Premier Bob Carr announced that the next Governor would be Gordon Samuels, that he would not live or work at Government House and that he would retain his appointment as Chairman of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission.

* 1996 – Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.

In accordance with its rights under the Constitution, in 1996 the Nevis Island Administration under the Concerned Citizens ' Movement ( CCM ) of Premier Vance Amory initiated steps towards secession from the Federation, the most recent being a referendum in 1998 that failed to secure the required two-thirds majority for secession.

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.

After Premier Lien Chan was elected vice president in 1996, the premiership was to be vacated.

Since 1996 – 97, teams involved in European competition during the season have received a bye to the third round ; the remaining Premier League teams enter at the second round, and the remaining Football League teams enter at the first round.

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After striking a deal with Priority to distribute his material, Jay-Z released his 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt with beats from acclaimed producers such as DJ Premier and Super DJ Clark Kent and a notable appearance by The Notorious B. I. G ..

They played in the Norwegian Premier League between 1937-1939, 1953-1954, 1977-1985 ( 9 seasons ), 1987-1990 ( 4 seasons ), 1996 and 1998-2002.

He was the founder of the Bloc Québécois, Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1996, and the 27th Premier of Quebec from January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001.

Glen David Clark ( born November 22, 1957 in Nanaimo, British Columbia ) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as the 31st Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.

Michael Franklin Harcourt ( born January 6, 1943 ) served as the 30th Premier of the province of British Columbia in Canada from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of BC's major city, Vancouver from 1980 to 1986.

Tobin served as the sixth Premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000.

He rose to prominence during a hugely successful spell at Arsenal from 1996 to 2005, where he won three Premier League titles – one unbeaten – and four FA Cups, eventually becoming club captain.

Despite his age, he continued to score regularly ( being the second highest Premier League scorer in 1996 – 97 with 23 goals ), and on 13 September 1997 he broke Cliff Bastin's Arsenal goalscoring record with a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers ( a record since surpassed by Thierry Henry in October 2005 ).

* PFA Premier League Team of the Year ( 2 ): 1992-93, 1996 – 97

* Premier League Player of the Month ( 1 ): November 1996

In 1996, Premier added to its portfolio.

Premier Parks also added water parks to Darien Lake, Lake Compounce ( right before selling it ), Elitch Gardens, and Great Escape in 1995 and 1996.

Premier went public in 1996 and raised nearly $ 70 million through an initial offering at $ 18 a share.

In 1996, Destry Rides Again was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ".

The character was previously featured in a trilogy of clay animation shorts from 1988 to 1991, Arnold Escapes from Church ( 1988 ), The Arnold Waltz ( 1990 ) and Arnold Rides a Chair ( 1991 ), a latter having been aired as a filler short on Sesame Street in 1991, as well as an eight-minute short, titled Arnold ( 1996 ), shown in theaters before Nickelodeon's first feature-length film, Harriet the Spy.

In 1996 a CD " TONTO Rides Again " was released, which features all of Zero Time plus all of the tracks from It's About Time ( mysteriously re-titled, apparently for legal reasons ).

* Tonto Rides Again ( Viceroy VIN6036-2, 1996 ) ( CD compiling Zero Time and retitled tracks from It's About Time )

The album debuted at number one in Australia, New Zealand and the UK in July 1996.

In 1996, fellow rapper Nas debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a cover version of the song.

His 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly with the single " Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot ", but it dropped quickly on the charts.

MTV2, originally called " M2 " and meant to show more alternative and older music videos, debuted in 1996.

The show debuted as a half-hour series on April 27, 1996, with further promotion by its broadcast on both TNT and TBS as well as the Cartoon Network.

The show debuted on September 3rd, 1996 as a part of the Disney Afternoon programming block.

The DV standard, which debuted in 1996, has become widely used both in its native form and in more robust forms such as Sony's DVCAM and Panasonic's DVCPRO as an acquisition and editing format.

The show debuted in 1992 and was eventually discontinued in 1996.

A cable channel that was based on the Nick at Nite block, TV Land debuted on April 29, 1996 and originally aired classic programming from as far back as the early 1950s.

This situation was exacerbated further by the success of The Single Guy ( which many attributed to piggybacking off of Friends ), as well as another freshman sitcom, Boston Common, which debuted in March 1996 against the second half of Murder, She Wrote.

A new song, Touch Upon Touch, which debuted during the live shows and was recorded later in 1996, became the last Cocteau Twins song ever released.

In 1996, the talk show BET Tonight debuted with Tavis Smiley as host ; in 2001, Ed Gordon replaced Tavis Smiley.

A toy line, developed by TOMY, debuted in 1996.

The series debuted September 13, 1996 and ran nine seasons.

In September 1996 Fox News co-founder Roger Ailes hired the then relatively unknown Hannity to host a television program under the working title Hannity and LTBD (" liberal to be determined ").< ref >< nowiki > http :// web. archive. org / web / 20061109203543 / http :// www. alan. com / staff / alan. htm </ nowiki ></ ref > Alan Colmes was then hired to co-host and the show debuted as Hannity & Colmes.

Their first single, " At Night I Pray ", debuted on the Billboard charts in September 1996.

::* DV ( 1996 ): Sony debuted the DV format tape with DVCAM being professional and DVCPRO being a Panasonic variant.

Nishikawa debuted as TMR with the release of his first single in May 1996.

The strip debuted in The Diamondback under editor Jayson Blair on December 3, 1996, paying McGruder $ 30 per strip —$ 17 more than other cartoonists.

Their first single " At Night I Pray " debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 and R & B Singles charts in September 1996.

They debuted on the major label in 1996 with Losing Streak.

After two weeks of Scott Hall appearing on WCW programming and taunting announcers, wrestlers, and the company, Nash finally debuted alongside his friend on June 10 1996, after Hall interrupting Eric Bishoff.

It debuted at No. 28, her highest peak since 1996.

He debuted in 1996 with short story " Hiena ", which featured the first appearance of Jakub Wędrowycz, an alcoholic exorcist.

Every Little Thing ( also known as ELT ) is a pop / soft rock duo from Japan who debuted in August 1996 with the release of their first single called " Feel My Heart ".