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.

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.

The Orioles experienced their greatest success from 1964 – 1983, as well as 1996-1997, winning eight Division Championships ( 1969 – 1971, 1973 – 1974, 1979, 1983, 1997 ), six pennants ( 1966, 1969 – 1971, 1979, 1983 ), three World Series Championships ( 1966, 1970, 1983 ), one wild card berth ( 1996 ), and five Most Valuable Player awards ( 3B Brooks Robinson 1964, OF Frank Robinson 1966, 1B Boog Powell 1970 and SS Cal Ripken Jr. 1983 & 1991 ).

This was their second, having also had one in 1996, which ran for two series on CBBC, The Children's Channel, and Fox Kids.

In 1996, the ten-year-old Brisbane Bears had enjoyed their best season to date, losing a preliminary final to the eventual premiers, North Melbourne.

In the 1996 elections, the MpD increased their majority, but in the 2001 the PAICV returned to power, winning both the Legislative and the Presidential elections.

* On April 18, 1996, there was a first mutiny by 200 – 300 soldiers who claimed that they had not received their wage since 1992 – 1993.

It was their first Division III victory since 1996.

During this time, they still produced prolifically for artists on their new label as well as continuing Solid Steel on Kiss FM, running the night club Stealth ( Club of the Year in the NME, The Face, and Mixmag in 1996 ) and multimedia work with Hex.

As in 1996, though, the team's pitchers struggled and had a 5. 25 ERA, and the Rockies could not improve upon their finish from the previous season.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

Founding drummer Hester left in May 1994, citing family reasons, but briefly returned for their Farewell to the World concerts in Melbourne and Sydney in 1996.

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.

Worried that their goodbye had been too low-key and had disregarded their home fans, the band performed the Farewell to the World concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House on 24 November 1996, which raised funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital.

Since 1996, Chelsea have enjoyed the most successful period in their history.

It was not until the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 that their fortunes changed.

Heavy metal band Iced Earth, released their 1996 album The Dark Saga which is based upon the comic book character Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane.

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

" Similarly, in Crash ( 1996 ), people who have been injured in car crashes attempt to view their ordeal as " a fertilizing rather than a destructive event ".

* 1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.

It was named # 37 overall among the " 150 Best Games of All Time " by Computer Gaming World Magazine ( 15th Anniversary Issue — November 1996 ), was voted # 13 overall in PC Gamer Magazine's Readers All-Time Top 50 Games Poll ( April 2000 issue ), the editors of PC Gamer ranked it # 12 in the Top 50 Games of all time, in their October 2001 issue, citing the game's humor and pop-culture references and it was ranked # 15 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.

The band performed on part of the 1996 Lollapalooza tour in the rotating Mystery Spot, with a setlist largely composed of material from their heyday between 1978 and 1982.

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 ).

* 1996 – Christopher Robin Milne, English bookseller, son of A.

Bal Thackeray lost his wife Meena to a heart attack in September 1995, and his eldest son Bindumadhav (" Binda ") to a road accident on 20 April 1996.

Powers ' son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., founded a museum of Cold War history in 1996.

In 1996, he sued his son who wished to open a holiday centre named " Cousteau " in the Fiji Islands.

Andriessen was born in Utrecht into a musical family, the son of the composer Hendrik Andriessen ( 1892 – 1981 ), brother of composers Jurriaan Andriessen ( 1925 – 1996 ) and Caecilia Andriessen ( 1931 -), and nephew of Willem Andriessen ( 1887 – 1964 ).

In his will, written in 1996, Atta gives his name as " Mohamed the son of Mohamed Elamir awad Elsayed.

Another of Remey's followers, Leland Jensen ( d. 1996 ), who made a several religious claims of his own, formed a sect known as the Bahá ' ís Under the Provisions of the Covenant following Remey's death ; he believed that Remey was the adopted son of Abdu ' l-Baha, and that Remey's adopted son Joseph Pepe was the third Guardian.

His son, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., conducted another poll in 1996 ; once again, Harding was last, ranked 39 out of 39.

With husband Michael Sloan, she has two children, daughter Piper ( born February 1991 ) and son Griffin ( born June 1996 ).

His second wife is Polish model Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he has a son, Tom ( born January 10, 1996 ), and a daughter, Serena ( born June 28, 1998 ).

His son Mercer Ellington, who had already been handling all administrative aspects of his father's business for several decades, led the band until his own death in 1996.

During the first 42 years of tobacco litigation ( between 1954 and 1996 ) the industry maintained a clean record in litigation thanks to tactics described in a R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company internal memo as " the way we won these cases, to paraphrase Gen. Patton, is not by spending all of Reynolds ' money, but by making the other son of a bitch spend all of his.

This led to the urban legend that Zappa was the son of Hugh Brannum, who played Mr. Green Jeans, a myth Zappa officially dispelled in his 1989 autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book, as did Keeshan in his 1996 autobiography, Good Morning, Captain.

They had a son, Boy Gregory ( born October 16, 1996 ), who was born with Pfeiffer syndrome and died a week after birth.

* First from 1941 to 1964 to British actress Pamela Mason ( née Ostrer ) ( 1916 – 1996 ); one daughter, Portland Mason Schuyler ( 1948 – 2004 ), and one son, Morgan ( who is married to Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of The Go-Go's.

In 1996 the Williams car was clearly the quickest in Formula One and Hill went on to win the title ahead of his rookie teammate Jacques Villeneuve, becoming the only son of a Formula One champion to win the championship himself.

His son Ronald Howard ( 1918 – 1996 ) became an actor and is noted for portraying the title character in a television series Sherlock Holmes ( 1954 ).

Vicities is the son of a former county commissioner, and worked in the office of the state auditor general and as director of Fayette County Waste Management prior to taking office in 1996.

In 1996, Israel paid compensation equal to US $ 283, 000 split between Bouchiki's wife and daughter, and a separate settlement of US $ 118, 000 to a son from a previous marriage ,< ref >

* Qaqaq Ashoona (" Kaka ") ( 1928 – 1996 ), sculptor — elder son

They have two children together, a daughter born in 1996 and a son born in 2002.

Since 1996, Jan-Erik Olsson has lived in northeastern Thailand with his Thai wife and son.

His son Kevin was severely injured ; and his wife Carolyn McCarthy was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1996.

In Spring 1996, Hampton arrived in Seattle, Washington, USA, posing as Antonio de Montilio, the son of a wealthy District of Columbia physician.