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1996
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1996

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The Taliban seized Kabul and imposed harsh rule over Afghanistan, TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island, and a bomb struck Atlanta's Olympic Games. Suicide bombers struck Israel, Clinton won reelection, and The English Patient swept the Oscars.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
The English Patient
Nobel · Literature
Szymborska
World Series
New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves Seri
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Geoffrey Rush

Major Events of 1996

5 events
Elections in BosniaTaliban capture AfghanistanNigerian unrestSuicide bombers hit IsraelTWA Flight 800 explodes

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1996

Champions

NBAChicago Bulls vs. Seattle Supersonics Series: 4-2
NCAA FootballFlorida Record: 12-1-0
Heisman TrophyDanny Wuerffel, florida, QB points: 1,3
Stanley CupColorado Avalanche vs. Florida Panthers Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Score: 27-17 US Open Golf: Steve Jones Score: 278 Course: Oakland Hills CC Location: Bloomfield Hills, MI
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves Series: 4-2

Top Music of 1996

The year on the charts

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year
"Change the World" ... Eric Clapton Best Song:"Change the World" ... Gordon Kennedy Best Album: "Falling Into You" ... Celine Dion Male Vocalist:Eric Clapton ... "Change the World" Female Vocalist: Toni Braxton ... "Un-break My Heart"'"

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Best Picture: "The English Patient" Best Director: Anthony Minghella
  2. Independence Day
  3. Twister
  4. Mission: Impossible
  5. The Rock
  6. Ransom
  7. The Nutty Professor
  8. The Birdcage
  9. 101 Dalmatians
  10. A Time to Kill

Academy Awards

Honoring 1996
Best Picture
The English Patient
Best Director
Anthony Minghella
The English Patient
Best Actor
Geoffrey Rush
Shine
Best Actress
Susan Sarandon
Frances McDormand

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
The prize was awarded jointly to: CURL, ROBERT F. JR., U.S.A., Rice University, Houston, TX, U.S.A., b. 1933; KROTO, Sir HAROLD W., Great Britain, University of Sussex, Sussex, Great Britain, b. 1939; and SMALLEY, RICHARD E., U.S.A. Rice Un
Literature
SZYMBORSKA, WISLAWA, Poland, Cracow, Poland, b. 1923: "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality"
Peace
The prize was awarded jointly to: CARLOS FELIPE XIMENES BELO and JOSE RAMOS-HORTA for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE The prize was awarded jointly to: DOHERTY, PETER C.,
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: LEE, DAVID M., U.S.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A., b. 1931; OSHEROFF, DOUGLAS D., U.S.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A., b. 1945; and RICHARDSON, ROBERT C., U.S.A., Cornell Universit

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Jonathan Larson ... "Rent"
Fiction
Richard Ford ... "Independence Day"
History
Alan Taylor ... "William Cooper's Town" International Reporting: David Rohde ... "Christian Science Monitor" National Reporting: Alix M. Freedman ... "Wall Street Journal"
Public Service
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