* 1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.

The study of apoptosis brought on by Bunyaviridae was initiated in 1996 when it was observed that apoptosis was induced by the La Crosse virus into the kidney cells of baby hamsters and into the brains of baby mice.

The party had a good showing in the first general election to which it took part ( 13. 5 % in 1994 ) and reached 15. 7 % in 1996, when Fini tried for the first time to replace Silvio Berlusconi as leader of the centre-right.

However, the parting was amicable as Kahn remained on the Borland board until November 7, 1996, when he resigned from that position.

The Baltimore Ravens came into existence in 1996 when Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his intention to relocate his team from Cleveland to Baltimore.

The resulting controversy ended when representatives of Cleveland and the NFL reached a settlement on February 8, 1996.

In 1996 – 1997, Campbell was a recurring guest star on the show Ellen as Ed Billik, who becomes Ellen's boss when she sells her bookstore in season four.

* The CEO-The PFY's uncle Brian from 1996 until 2000, when the BOFH and PFY moved on to a new company

After Cobain committed suicide in 1994, Love began using heroin again regularly, but quit using the drug in 1996 at the insistence of director Miloš Forman when she landed a starring role in The People vs. Larry Flynt.

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.

Sagan's book, The Demon-Haunted World ( 1996 ), included his memories of this conflicted period, when his family dealt with the realities of the war in Europe, but tried to prevent it from undermining his optimistic spirit.

The 5th Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling, in the County of Essex, when his father died in 1996.

Leading contemporary composer Philip Glass described Low as " a work of genius " in 1992, when he used it as the basis for his Symphony No. 1 " Low "; subsequently, Glass used Bowie's next album as the basis for his 1996 Symphony No. 4 " Heroes ".

Monkees activity ceased until 1996 when Jones reunited with Dolenz, Tork, and Michael Nesmith to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band.

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 ).

The peak year for the printed encyclopaedia was 1990 when 120, 000 sets were sold, but it dropped to 40, 000 in 1996.

Development of EverQuest began in 1996 when Sony Interactive Studios America ( SISA ) executive John Smedley secured funding for a 3D game much like text-based MUDs following the successful launch of Meridian 59 the previous year.

However, as Northcott was born in Victoria, it was not until Sir Eric Woodward's appointment by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 that the position was filled by a New South Wales-born individual ; this practice continued until 1996, when Queen Elizabeth II commissioned as her representative Gordon Samuels, a London-born immigrant to Australia.

The City Chambers has been the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, when it replaced the District Council with the abolition of the Strathclyde Region.

The second was from 3 November 1990 to 25 October 1996, when she resigned and retired from Norwegian politics, and was succeeded by Thorbjørn Jagland.

Critical Mass was created in 1996 when The Right Stuf made a deal with Manga Entertainment to release an unedited edition of Violence Jack, which they deemed too intense for their normal line.

The building was vacated in 1996 when it was determined unsafe and was also listed in the National Register of Historic Places the same year.

After Bush won and Kemp left Congress for the Cabinet, the two did not really cross paths again until 1996, when Kemp endorsed Dole's opponent Forbes on the eve of the New York Primary in March.

Kemp briefly served on the board of Oracle Corporation, CEO is friend Larry Ellison, in 1996, but resigned when he ran for Vice President ; he was named to the board of Six Flags, Inc. in December 2005.

New Model M keyboards continued to be manufactured for IBM by Lexmark until 1996, when Unicomp purchased the keyboard technology.

The Kung Fu label had grown since its founding in 1996 and was well-positioned to provide the recording, marketing, and touring support the band's popularity now necessitated, including marketing and touring opportunities in Japan.

It was released in 1996 by their label Kung Fu Records, who also re-released it in 2000 with altered artwork and a bonus track.

Because Kung Fu Records itself had been formed in 1996 and was at this point still a small label, the original pressing of the album was somewhat limited and it remained relatively obscure for several years ( the band's major studio albums at this time were being released by Nitro Records ).

It was also one of the two songs written and arranged by Fraser, Guthrie and Raymonde for Chinese pop singer Faye Wong for her Mandarin album Fu Zao released in June 1996, the other being " Tranquil Eye " from Violaine released in October 1996.

Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals.

Kung Fu Records was founded by Vandals bassist Joe Escalante and guitarist Warren Fitzgerald in 1996.

* 1996: The Kung Fu King III ( 功夫之王 III 十大天王 )

* Kung Fu: The Legend Continues ( 1996 )

With their Kung Fu label ( founded in 1996 by Vandals members Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald ) now firmly established, the band was able to re-release this music from ten years earlier in their career.

Romano and Glass left shortly after the release of Fu Manchu's third album, In Search Of ... ( 1996 ), citing personal and musical differences with Hill.

Also in this period, many other bands acquired widespread national projection, such as: Raimundos ( which was formed in the late 1980s, but only released its first album in 1994 ) with its Forrocore style, Skank and O Rappa, both of which with a style that can be designated like a kind of reggae-rock, Pato Fu as the first indie band that arrived at mainstream, Charlie Brown Jr., with its alternative rock with rap and skate punk influences, and Mamonas Assassinas, who were a great hit with humour and rock but its members died in a tragic plane accident ( 1996 ).

* Glory Daze Soundtrack ( Kung Fu Records, 1996 )

* Kung Fu: The Legend Continues – " Blackout " ( 1996 )

The God of Cookery () is a 1996 Hong Kong comedy film directed by acclaimed Hong Kong comedian, actor and director, Stephen Chow, best known in the West for his films Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle.

In 1996, a tenth anniversary edition was released.

Ter-Petrosyan was re-elected in 1996.

Extreme poverty was defined in 1996 by Joseph Wresinski, the founder of ATD Fourth World as:

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

A modified infrageneric classification of Amaranthus was published by Mosyakin & Robertson ( 1996 ) and includes three subgenera: Acnida, Amaranthus, and Albersia.

Their lower level Minor League Baseball teams began play in 1996 ; the expansion draft was held that year as well.

After the Soviet withdrawal, between 1992 and 1996, he was minister of defense in the new government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan under president Burhanuddin Rabbani, and acted as its military leader in the civil war against competing militias around Kabul.

The compelling rationale for this was the integral role technology now plays in our lives, which was not present in 1996.

For the centenary of the VFL / AFL in 1996, the Australian Football Hall of Fame was established.

The elite Legend status was bestowed on 12 members of the Hall of Fame in 1996: Ron Barassi, Haydn Bunton Senior, Roy Cazaly, John Coleman, Jack Dyer, Polly Farmer, Leigh Matthews, John Nicholls, Bob Pratt, Dick Reynolds, Bob Skilton and Ted Whitten ( see above list for further details ).

The first South Asian a cappella group was Penn Masala, founded in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1994, the State Compensation Law ( 国家赔偿法 ) was passed, followed by the Administrative Penalties Law ( 行政处罚法 ) in 1996.

In 1996, two-tier local government was abolished and Angus was established as one of the replacement single-tier Council Areas.

The musical was also revived with great success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus ( replaced later in the run by Whoopi Goldberg and also by David Alan Grier ), Mark Linn-Baker as Hysterium, Ernie Sabella as Lycus, Jim Stanek as Hero, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Cris Groenendaal as Miles Gloriosus.

The song was later featured in the film The Birdcage ( 1996 ) and performed by Robin Williams and Christine Baranski.

Revision 1. 2 was the last version of the APM specification, released in 1996.

During his visit to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Manila in 1996, he was saved shortly before his car was due to drive over a bridge where a bomb had been planted.

In a July 2, 2011 editorial the New York Times opined, " The Defense of Marriage Act was enacted in 1996 as an election-year wedge issue, signed by President Bill Clinton in one of his worst policy moments.

The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) to influence the domestic policies of the United States, before and during the Clinton administration, and involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.