In 1996 Torfaen became a unitary authority.

According to the FidoNet Nodelist, BBSes reached their peak usage around 1996, which was the same period that the World Wide Web suddenly became mainstream.

He became soon unpopular within the army, resulting in violent mutinies in 1996 – 1997.

Croatia became a member of the Council of Europe in 1996.

Prime minister Caambi El-Yachourtu became acting president until Djohar returned from exile in January, 1996.

In March 1996, following presidential elections, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, a member of the civilian government that Denard had tried to set up in October 1995, became president.

Established in 1996, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies became the first independent Jewish seminary to be established on the west coast.

OSF became part of the newly formed Open Group in 1996.

Astronomers estimated that the visible fragments of SL9 ranged in size from a few hundred metres to two kilometres across, suggesting that the original comet may have had a nucleus up to acrosssomewhat larger than Comet Hyakutake, which became very bright when it passed close to the Earth in 1996.

This facility became more vital after the closure of the Indian Ocean Station in 1996.

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

With the advent of a Provisional IRA ceasefire and the beginning of what became known as the Peace Process during the 1990s, the official view of the Rising became more positive and in 1996 an 80th anniversary commemoration at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin was attended by the Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael, John Bruton.

After the first free elections in 1994, de Klerk became deputy president in the government of national unity under Nelson Mandela, a post he kept until 1996.

Prior to the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

In 1995 Hungary's currency, the Forint ( HUF ), became convertible for all current account transactions, and subsequent to OECD membership in 1996, for almost all capital account transactions as well.

This reflective style became more overt and ironic with the arrival of Scream ( 1996 ).

From 1996 to 2001 the Al Qaeda of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri became a state within the Taliban state.

Icon is not object-oriented, but an object-oriented extension called Idol was developed in 1996 which eventually became Unicon.

The first version of the program was released in November 1996 and ICQ became the first Internet-wide instant messaging service, later patenting the technology.

* 1996 – Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.

When Kemp became Dole's running mate in 1996, they appeared on the cover of the August 19, 1996 issue of Time magazine, but the pair barely edged out a story on the reported discovery of extraterrestrial life on Mars, which was so close to being the cover story that Time inset it on the cover and wrote about how difficult the decision was.

Then in 1996, Warner Glenn, a rancher and hunting guide from Douglas, Arizona, came across a jaguar in the Peloncillo Mountains and became a jaguar researcher, placing webcams which recorded four more Arizona jaguars.

From 1996 to 2001 the Al Qaeda of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri furthermore became a state within the Taliban state.

The election of the ninth-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China ( 第九任中華民國總統 、 副總統選舉 ) was the first ever direct presidential election in the ROC on Taiwan ; it occurred on 23 March, 1996.

In 1996 he was appointed a Vice-President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society ; and he has been Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen since 1997.

He was also Vice-President of the International Union of Local Authorities and President of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union from 1996 to 1998.

In March 1996 Moore joined the Cabinet in the new Coalition government of John Howard, as Minister for Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism and Vice-President of the Executive Council.

He previously served as Vice-President under his predecessor, France-Albert René, from 1996 to 2004.

After serving as Vice-President for nearly eight years, beginning in August 1996, Michel became President in April 2004, when René stepped down.

In 1996 he was the Executive Vice-President of ICSEB V ( Fifth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology ) that took place in Budapest, partially sponsored by Collegium Budapest.

Djame died on 26 November 1996, and the PRD held a congress on 23 May 1997, electing Hamariteha as PRD President, Maki Houmed Gaba as First Vice-President, and Carton Dibeth Oblik as Second Vice-President.

He was Mayor of Bongouanou from 1990 to 1996 and Vice-President of the Union of Towns and Communes of Côte d ' Ivoire ( UVICOCI ) from 1990 to 1995.

In 1996, he was elected First Vice-President of the National People's Assembly, Second Secretary of the Interparliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, and Vice-President of the Interparliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

He served as Association President in 1995 and Vice-President in 1996.

He was a candidate for Vice-President of the United States in the 1996 U. S. presidential election on the Constitution Party ticket.

Since 1996, Shallit has held the position of Vice-President of Electronic Frontier Canada.

In 1996, the Orlando Business Journal reported that Nickelodeon was considering renewing Legends for a fourth season, but according to Scott Fishman, Vice-President of Production Services at Nickelodeon, renewal was " not sure bet

* 1995 – Vice-President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies until 1996, then President from June 1996 until June 1997.

After his retirement from Swansea, he served as Chairman of the Ancient Monuments Board ( Wales ) from 1983 to 1995, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales ( 1986 to 90 ), and Vice-President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth ( 1986 to 1996 ).

He was the first vice-president of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie, the Vice-President of the Institut International de Philosophie ( 1993 – 1996 ), as well as a member of the American Philosophical Association, the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Association for Symbolic Logic, and a member of the governing board of the Philosophy of Science Association.

* Vice-President of the University of Krems ( 1995 – 1996 )

In May 1996, the Orlando Sentinel reported that the President, General Manager, and Senior Vice-President for Entertainment were replaced in what was described as a ' big management shakeup '.

During this time he served as Quaestor ( 1995 ), Chairman of the Committee on Justice ( 1996 – 1999 ) and the Committee on Foreign Relations ( 1999 ) and Vice-President of the Chamber of Representatives and Chairman of the PRL-FDF parliamentary intergroup.