1996 Snapshot
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The Vibe
Pop Culture
Tamagotchi Craze
Slang
"All that"
Price Check
Gas: $1.23
Notable Deaths
Tupac Shakur, Ella Fitzgerald, Carl Sagan
Music & Style
Spice Girls
World Affairs
Clinton Re-elect
African World War
Yearly Summary
- Global Events: Dolly the Sheep is the first mammal to be successfully cloned. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta. Deep Blue becomes the first computer to beat a chess grandmaster.
- Culture & Mood: 'Girl Power' goes global with the Spice Girls. Independence Day and Scream define the year's cinema.
- Fashion & Slang: Tracksuits and platform sneakers. 'Show me the money!'
- Fun Fact: The Nintendo 64 is released, and 1996 was the year Ask Jeeves launched, long before Google was the king of search.