In 1996, he went to the US to play for the Tampa Bay Mutiny ( 1996 – 97, 2000 – 01 ), Miami Fusion ( 1998 – 99 ), and Colorado Rapids ( 2001 – 02 ).

* 1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.

With Colorado beating Detroit in the third round in 1996, in the second round of both 1999 and 2000, and the Red Wings beating the Avs in the third round in 1997, the battles between these two teams had become one of the fiercest in the league.

He also had a sister, Julie J. Boucher, the Associate Director of the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library ( who died in a mountain-climbing accident on October 12, 1996 ).< ref >

The Kansas City Wiz played their first game on April 13, 1996, defeating the Colorado Rapids at Arrowhead Stadium.

* Gordon-McCutchan, R. C. ( Editor ) Kit Carson: Indian Fighter or Indian Killer ?, University Press of Colorado, 1996.

* 1996 – Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

Oviedo became the Colorado candidate for president in the 1998 election, but when the Supreme Court of Paraguay upheld in April his conviction on charges related to the 1996 coup attempt, he was not allowed to run and remained in confinement.

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.

On February 20, 1996, the Court granted a change of venue and ordered that the case be transferred from Oklahoma City to the U. S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, to be presided over by U. S. District Judge Richard Paul Matsch.

If the system is not changed beforehand, the 2016 General Conference would be in the West, which has not hosted since Denver, Colorado in 1996.

* Jonbenet Ramsey ( 6 August 1990 – 25 December 1996 ) was a child beauty pageant contestant who was missing and found dead in her Boulder, Colorado home.

During a 1996 panel at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Conference on World Affairs, Ebert coined The Boulder Pledge, by which he vowed never to purchase anything offered through the result of an unsolicited email message, or to forward chain emails or mass emails to others.

* Testilying: Police Perjury and What to Do About It by Christopher Slobogin, 67 University of Colorado Law Review 1037 ( 1996 ).

*" Testilying: Police Perjury and What To Do About It " article originally appearing in the University of Colorado Law Review in 1996

In 1996 – 97, Colorado won the Pacific Division, as well as the Presidents ' Trophy for finishing the regular season with the best record in the league: 49 – 24 – 9 for 107 points.

In 1996, Major League Soccer's original ten teams ; Columbus Crew, D. C. United, New England Revolution, NY / NJ MetroStars, Tampa Bay Mutiny, Colorado Rapids, Dallas Burn, Kansas City Wiz, Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Clash, began play.

Of these four teams, only Edmonton has avoided relocation and renaming ; the Nordiques became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995, the Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996, and the Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997.

Suffering their worst season since 1977 – 78 the subsequent year, Keenan was fired midway through and replaced with Marc Crawford ( who had won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 ).

The RMAC merged with the Colorado Athletic Conference in 1996.

In the 1920s the local Post Office was given the name “ Turn ” because there was a turn in the road at Casa Colorado and that name has since appeared on many maps but the original name is still in general use ( Julyan 1996: 67 ).

On May 20, 1996, the court ruled 6-3 that Colorado's Amendment 2 was unconstitutional, though on different reasoning than the Colorado courts.

Everything Sucks was recorded in June and July 1996 at The Blasting Room, a studio built and run by Stevenson in Fort Collins, Colorado.

The rivalry between the Avalanche and the Red Wings was most intense from 1996 to 2002.

During this time frame these two teams combined for a total of five Stanley Cup championships in seven years, the Avalanche winning twice ( 1995 – 96 and 2000 – 01 ) and the Red Wings winning three times ( 1996 – 97, 1997 – 98, and 2001 – 02 ).

The Avalanche went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1996.

* The Detroit Red Wings ' Paul Coffey accidentally swiped the puck into the Wings ' own net during Game 1 of the 1996 Western Conference Finals against the Colorado Avalanche.

In the 1996 – 97 season, Sakic only played in 65 games due to a lacerated calf, yet still managed to score 74 points as the Avalanche earned their first President's Trophy and third straight division title.

In the 1996 Western Conference semi-finals between the Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks, after a controversial game in which Roenick was tripped on a breakaway and no penalty shot was called, Patrick Roy said, " I would have saved it anyway.

The Nordiques became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995, the Jets became the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996, and Whalers became the Carolina Hurricanes in 1997.

Ozoliņš won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 1996.

# Most single regular season goals by an Avalanche defenseman ( 1996 – 97 ) – 23

# Most single regular season points by an Avalanche defenseman ( 1996 – 97 ) – 68

# Most single playoff points by an Avalanche defenseman ( 1996 – 97 ) – 19 ( shared with Rob Blake )

He was previously the head coach of four other organizations and won a Stanley Cup in 1996 with the Colorado Avalanche.

The next season, the Nordiques franchise was relocated to Colorado as the Avalanche, and Crawford won his first and only championship thus far as a player or coach in 1996, defeating the Florida Panthers in four games.

* Stanley Cup championship ( Colorado Avalanche ) – 1996

* June 10, 1996: Uwe Krupp became the 12th player in NHL history to end the Stanley Cup Finals in overtime, scoring a goal at 4: 31 of triple overtime, giving the Colorado Avalanche a 1 – 0 win and a sweep of the Florida Panthers.

Nolan was drafted first overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, and played with them until nine games into the 1995 – 1996 season ( this was the first season the team played in Denver as the " Colorado Avalanche "), when he was traded to the San Jose Sharks for defenceman Sandis Ozolinsh.

After his single season with the Mighty Ducks, Kurri was signed by the Colorado Avalanche, the 1996 Stanley Cup Champions.

Without Bure, the Canucks managed to make the 1996 playoffs on the strength of an offence led by Linden and Mogilny, but were defeated in six games of the opening round by the Colorado Avalanche, who went on to win the Stanley Cup.

In 1996, Café Tacvba released Avalancha de Éxitos, meaning " Avalanche of Hits ", a covers album in which the band performed songs by other Spanish-speaking artists.

* Avalancha de Éxitos (" Avalanche of Hits ", 1996 ),

On April 3, 1996, the Nordiques ' successor, the Colorado Avalanche, traded his rights to the Washington Capitals for a fourth-round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.