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

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.

Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 ).

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 ).

The World Wide Fund for Nature has stated that 361 animal and plant species have been discovered in Borneo since 1996.

* The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. ( 1996 ), documentary film directed by Brett Thompson

Older editions of the CIA World Factbook, going back to 1989, country rankings constructed from CIA data, and additional country information from other sources are available at the Countries of the World website, which was begun in 1996.

* World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty of 1996

In 1996 the American Society of Civil Engineers identified the tunnel as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

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.

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.

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.

Farewell to the World was released on VHS in December 1996.

In 1996, Computer Gaming World ranked it as the fifth best video game of all time.

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.

From 1996 to 2009, the IFF used a World Floorball Championship format where the last team in the A-Division was relegated to the B-Division, while the top team in the B-Division was promoted to the A-Division.

* Livan Hernandez ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Hernandez's rookie season coincided with the 1997 World Series.

* Edgar Renteria ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Rentería is remembered for his 11th inning two-out RBI single in Game Seven of the 1997 World Series to give Florida a 3 – 2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.

He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, as well as in three European Football Championships in 1984, 1996 and 2000.

* The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. ( 1996 ), documentary film directed by Brett Thompson

Since 1996, the HTML specifications have been maintained, with input from commercial software vendors, by the World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ).

Hungary is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) since 1995, a member of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) since 1996, and a member of the European Union since 2004.

Watson would leave the Astros after the 1995 season to become general manager of the New York Yankees and helped to lead the Yankees to a World Championship in 1996.

Ajax's last international trophies were the 1995 Intercontinental Cup and the 1995 Champions League, where they defeated Milan in the final ; they lost the 1996 Champions League final on penalties to Juventus.

A total of eight Ohio Cup games were played, in 1989 to 1996, with the Indians winning six of them.

The National Stadium hosted two group matches ( Pakistan v. South Africa on 29 February and Pakistan v. England on 3 March ), and a quarter-final match ( South Africa v. West Indies on 11 March ) during the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

* 1996 – 1997: " Pepsi: There's nothing official about it " ( During the Wills World Cup ( cricket ) held in India / Pakistan / Sri Lanka )

In 1996 FIFA announced that the two countries would jointly host the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Five years later, the tournament was revived and renamed the World Cup in 1996.

The 1996 World Cup also ended Canada's winning streak at the tournament ( including the Canada Cups ), losing in three games of a best-of-three final.

* In June 1996, he claimed that the French World Cup squad contained too many non-white players, and was not an accurate reflection of French society.

* 1996 – 98: J-League team Shimizu S-Pulse ( as manager, leading them to victory in the Nabisco Cup in 1996 )

* Won Nabisco Cup with Shimizu S-Pulse as manager in 1996.

* Won Tokai Cup with Shimizu S-Pulse as manager in 1996 and 1998.

* Icehouse: Icehouse is an ice lager ( 5. 5 % alcohol by volume ) and was the winner of the 2003 and 2007 Gold Medals for American-Style Specialty Lager at the Great American Beer Festival, and also won the American-style Ice Lager Gold Cup of the 1996 and 1998 World Beer Cup competitions.

The first European Football Championship played with the rule was in 1996 ; the first World Cup played with the rule was in 1998.

The remodeled stadium hosted the 1996 European Cup final, as well as the opening game for Euro 2000.

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 ).

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 ).

In 1996, Zidane moved to UEFA Champions League winners Juventus for a fee of £ 3. 2 million and won the 1996 – 97 Serie A and the 1996 Intercontinental Cup.

Southampton fared little better in 1996 – 97 despite the arrival of Souness, whose track record included three Scottish league titles with Rangers and an FA Cup victory with Liverpool.

* The Governor's Cup – this race, started in 1996 with 15 yachts, runs a distance of 1700 miles between Simon's Town in South Africa and St. Helena Island in the South Atlantic.

Australia warmed up for the 1996 Cricket World Cup by winning five of their eight round-robin matches, and taking the finals 2 – 0, but many of the matches were closely contested.