In 1996 the American Library Association selected Blume for its Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to young adult literature.

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 Romeo + Juliet and its accompanying soundtrack successfully targeted the " MTV Generation ": a young audience of similar age to the story's characters.

Comedian and television presenter Bob Saget, a board member of the SRF, directed the 1996 ABC TV movie For Hope, starring Dana Delany, which depicts a young woman fatally affected by scleroderma ; the film was based on the experiences of Saget's sister Gay.

Later, Jacques Audiard's Un héros très discret ( 1996 ) told the story of a young man's traveling to Paris and manufacturing a Résistance past for himself, suggesting that many heroes of the Résistance were imposters.

Flirting with Disaster is a 1996 American comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell about a young father's search for his biological parents.

Until 1996, France had compulsory military service of young men.

In 1996, Windsor was home to a brutal beating when a young teenager was attacked by Nortenos-affiliated gang members of the Varrio West Side Windsor gang.

The downtown area since 1996 has attracted a small community of artists and young people migrating due to Easthampton's lower cost of living compared to nearby Northampton, a hub of the bohemian community regionally.

* Jeffrey Maier ( born 1984 ), best known as the young fan who deflected a ball in play during Game 1 of the 1996 American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles.

For the next decade Jewison continued to direct feature films released by major studios: In Country ( 1989 ), a drama concerned with Vietnam veterans and the daughter of a war casualty ; Other People's Money ( 1991 ), a social comedy about greed in the 1980s ; Only You ( 1994 ), a romantic comedy set in Italy ; and Bogus ( 1996 ), a fantasy about a young boy and his imaginary friend.

Waddle's later career at Hillsborough was marred by injuries and he was released 5 games into the 1996 – 97 season ( when the Owls were top of the premiership and having taken young sensation Ritchie Humphreys – 4 goals in 5 games – under his wing ) after being frozen out of the team by David Pleat, having played 109 games and scored 10 goals with many more assists.

He also published his first novel in 1996, The Hottest State, about a love affair between a young actor and a singer.

Outbreaks of rubella occurred amongst many young men in the UK in 1993 and in 1996 the infection was transmitted to pregnant women, many of whom were immigrants and were susceptible.

Garciaparra's talent was enough to displace Valentin, who was moved to second base ( then third base ) to make room for young Garciaparra, who batted. 241 with 4 home runs, 16 RBI, and 5 stolen bases in his initial stint with the club near the end of 1996.

23 % of sexually active young women in a 1996 Seventeen magazine poll admitted to having had unprotected sex with a partner who did not use a condom, while 70 % of girls in a 1997 PARADE poll claimed it was embarrassing to buy birth control or request information from a doctor.

In 1996, Kenny appeared along with his wife, Jill Talley, in the music video for " Tonight, Tonight " by The Smashing Pumpkins, playing a young couple taking their honeymoon on the moon.

He took a similar interest in another young student, Helen Perkin ( 1909 – 1996 ), a pianist and composer, to whom he dedicated both the Piano Concerto in E flat and the Legend for piano and orchestra ( which began life as a second concerto ).

The young Ohio salesman and tribute band frontman made headlines in 1996 when he went from being a fan of the British metal act Judas Priest to being their lead singer, filling the shoes of Rob Halford ( and, by doing so, inspiring the movie Rock Star, which was later disavowed by the band ).

In 1996, her novel The Green Diamond, about four young women sharing a house in Dublin in the 1960s, was published.

Similarly, the district was also the setting of the 1996 film Mongkok Story ( 旺角風雲 ) directed by Wilson Yip which depicts a young man who becomes involved in a Triad gang.

The budget deficit was turned into a surplus in 1996, not least because of the close cooperation between Davíð and Friðrik Sophusson, the Minister of Finance, who had also been a prominent young libertarian.

On August 6, 1996, a young Iriomote cat was involved in a traffic accident near Nadara Bridge on the northern part of the island.

In Nigel Kneale's 1996 radio serial The Quatermass Memoirs, it is revealed that the Professor was first involved in rocketry experiments in the 1930s, and that his wife died at a young age.

In 1996 ( issue # 54 ), Granta also published a similar list of promising young American novelists, which was repeated during 2007 ( issue # 97 ).

* In 1996, Donald Margulies wrote the play Collected Stories, in which the aging writer and teacher Ruth Steiner ( a fictional character ) reveals that she once had a great affair in her youth with Delmore Schwartz in Greenwich Village ( during the period of time when Schwartz was in declining health from alcoholism and mental illness ) to her young student, Lisa.

After the Panthers ' success in 1996, Capers led the Panthers through two disappointing seasons: a 7 – 9 season in 1997, and a 4 – 12 season in 1998 which resulted in Capers being fired after four seasons with the team.

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 ".

Star receiver Michael Irvin was suspended by the league for the first five games of 1996 following a drug-related arrest ; he came back after the Cowboys started the season 2-3 ; they finished 10-6 and won the NFC East title, but were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs 26-17 by the second-year Carolina Panthers.

* Erie Panthers, a former professional hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League from 1988 – 1996

This club, later renamed Highfield, struggled on near the bottom of the pro game-in 1995 – 1996 they gained just 1 point all season and changed their name to Prescot Panthers, Prescot Panthers finally disappeared at the end of the 1997 season ( see List of defunct rugby league clubs ).

When Mellanby scored a hat trick in a later game, some Florida fans threw plastic rats on the ice, a tradition that continued for all Panthers ' goals throughout the 1996 playoffs.

His first catches were recorded against the Carolina Panthers on September 22, 1996 ( two catches for a net six yards ).

Irvin's reputation was further damaged in 1996 as the Cowboys prepared to play the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Divisional Playoff game.

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.

* 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.

Ranking fourth in the Eastern Conference going into the 1996 playoffs, Jovanovski helped the Panthers advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.

* 1996 Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles ( 1950-1999 ) by Strategic Simulations Inc

The first pick in the 1996 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers.

He became assistant coach of the Florida Panthers for the 1993 – 94 NHL season until the 1996 – 97 NHL season.

His most success as an assistant coach was with the 1996 Florida Panthers that made it to the Stanley Cup final, but lost to the Colorado Avalanche.

Then on November 19, 1996, the Pittsburgh Penguins traded Chris Wells to the Panthers for Barnes and Jason Woolley.

Boughner signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers in 1994 but was relegated to the minors until a trade brought him to the Buffalo Sabres in 1996.

In 1996, the Blue Devils then reversed the fortunes and defeated the Panthers in the final.

In 1996, the Blue Devils then reversed the fortunes and defeated the Panthers in the final.

Mike Hough of the Florida Panthers scored the arena's final official NHL goal in the 2nd overtime of Game 5 of the 1996 Eastern Conference Semifinals.

After a 1991 season when the club couldn't qualify for the play-offs, the Panthers returned to their former strength from 1992 onwards, the club experiencing a second golden era until 1996.