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1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1996th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 996th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1990s decade.
Events[]
- Joe Cioffi succeeded Linda Church as the weekend meteorologist of the Channel 11 News at Ten (now PIX11 News at Ten).
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 12
- January 26
- February 9 - Pie in the Sky (New Line Cinema/Turner Pictures)
- February 16
- City Hall (Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- A Midwinter's Tale (Castle Rock Entertainment/Sony Pictures Classics/Turner Pictures)
- February 23 - Rumble in the Bronx (New Line Cinema/Golden Harvest/Paragon Films Ltd./Turner Pictures)
- March 15 - Executive Decision (Warner Bros.)
- March 22 - Diabolique (Warner Bros.)
- April 3
- Faithful (New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/TriBeCa Productions/Miramax Films/Turner Pictures
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- May 8 - Twister (Warner Bros./Universal Studios)
- May 10 - Twister (Warner Bros./Universal Studios)
- May 17 - Heaven's Prisoners (New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- June 21
- June 28 - Striptease (Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- July 19 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Bros.; re-issue in Chicago, Illinois)
- July 24 - A Time to Kill (Warner Bros.)
- July 26
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/The Kushner-Locker Company/Turner Pictures)
- Joe's Apartment (Warner Bros.)
- August 14 - Alaska (Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- August 16 - Tin Cup (Warner Bros.)
- August 23
- August 30 - The Stupids (New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/Imagine Entertainment/Turner Pictures)
- September 6
- September 13 - Feeling Minnesota (New Line Cinema/Turner Pictures)
- September 20
- September 27 - Extreme Measures (Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- October 4 - The Glimmer Man (Warner Bros.)
- October 9 - The Proprietor (Warner Bros.)
- October 11
- October 18 - Sleepers (Warner Bros.)
- October 25
- October 27 - Bullet (New Line Cinema/Village Roadshow Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- November 1
- November 2 - Mistrial (HBO Pictures/Turner Pictures)
- November 6 - Set It Off (New Line Cinema/Turner Pictures)
- November 15 - Space Jam (Warner Bros./Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Warner Bros. Animation) premiered in Hollywood, California
- November 16 - Space Jam (Warner Bros./Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Warner Bros. Animation)
- December 13 - Mars Attacks! (Warner Bros.)
- December 18 - In Love and War (New Line Cinema/Turner Pictures)
- December 20
- December 25
Theme parks[]
- May 10 - The Joker's Revenge opens at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
- June 3 - Skull Mountain opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
Television[]
- April 27 - Dexter's Laboratory premieres on TNT as a sneak preview.
- April 28 - Dexter's Laboratory premieres on Cartoon Network.
- September 7 - Road Rovers premieres on Kids' WB.
- September 19 - Suddenly Susan premieres on NBC.
- October 19 - Waynehead premieres on Kids' WB.
Comics[]
Video games[]
Home video releases[]
VHS releases[]
- January 30:
- February 6 - Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
- February 13 - The Amazing Panda Adventure
- February 20:
- March 5:
- March 12:
- March 19 - Angus
- March 26 - Seven
- April 16 - Now and Then
- April 23:
- May 7 - It Takes Two
- June 11 - Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
- June 25 - Bed of Roses
- July 30 - Diabolique
- August 6:
- August 13:
- Carrotblanca
- Chariots of Fur
- Animaniacs: Spooky Stuff
- Tiny Toons Night Ghoulery
- It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special
- Pinky and the Brain: World Domination Tour
- A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
- August 27 - Faithful
- September 10 - Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird
- October 1:
- Twister
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: 25th Anniverary
- October 29:
- November 5 - The Adventures of Pinocchio
- November 12 - Heat
- December 3 - Rumble in the Bronx
- December 17:
- December 24:
- December 31:
Direct-to-video releases[]
People[]
Births[]
- February 9 - Jimmy Bennett (actor, voice actor and musician)
Deaths[]
- January 1 - John Rodney (actor)
- January 7
- William H. Clothier (cinematographer)
- Jack Stang (actor and military personnel)
- January 9 - Nello Pazzafini (actor)
- January 10 - Al Silvani (boxing trainer and actor)
- February 2
- Shamus Culhane (animator, film director and film producer)
- Gene Kelly (actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, comedian and choreographer)
- Aline Towne (actress)
- February 6 - Guy Madison (actor)
- February 11 - Phil Regan (actor and singer)
- February 12 - Yale Wexler (actor)
- February 13 - Martin Balsam (actor)
- February 16 - Roger Bowen (actor and novelist)
- February 27 - Ethlyne Clair (actress)
- March 2 - Lyle Talbot (actor)
- March 5 - Whit Bissell (actor)
- March 9 - George Burns (comedian, actor, writer and singer)
- March 11 - Vince Edwards (actor, director and singer)
- April 8 - Ben Johnson (actor, stuntman and world-champion rodeo cowboy)
- April 14 - Ben Shenkman (animator)
- April 20 - Alexander D'Arcy (actor)
- April 25 - Dick Wesson (actor, comedian, comedy writer and producer)
- May 3 - Jack Weston (actor)
- May 15 - Virgil Ross (animator)
- May 19 - John Beradino (actor and baseball player)
- May 24
- John Abbott (actor)
- Roland Varno (actor)
- June 1 - Michael Fox (actor)
- June 6 - Mary Lee (actress and singer)
- June 10 - Jo Van Fleet (actress)
- June 12
- Lillian Yarbo (actress, dancer and singer)
- Mary Field (actress)
- July 15 - Dana Hill (actress)
- July 20 - Randy Stuart (actress)
- July 21 - Herb Edelman (actor)
- July 24 - Virginia Christine (actress and voice actress)
- July 25 - Howard Vernon (actor)
- July 30 - Claudette Colbert (actress)
- August 11 - Henry Slate (actor)
- September 7 - Bibi Besch (actress)
- September 10 - Joanne Dru (actress)
- September 16
- Joan Perry (actress, model and singer)
- Gene Nelson (actor, dancer, screenwriter and director)
- September 22 - Dorothy Lamour (actress and singer)
- October 8 - William Prince (actor)
- October 14 - Laura La Plante (actress)
- October 16 - Jason Bernard (actor)
- October 28 - Morey Amsterdam (actor, comedian, writer and producer)
- November 30 - Tiny Tim (musician and musical archivist)
- December 4 - Willard Parker (actor)
- December 7 - Phillip Reed (actor)
- December 30
- Lew Ayres (actor)
- Jack Nance (actor)
- December 31
- Wesley Addy (actor)
- Richard H. Thomas (background artist)
Character Debuts[]
- February 15 - Courage the Cowardly Dog, Muriel Bagge, Eustace Bagge, Space Chicken
- May 12 - Mandark
- September 14 - Mercy Graves
- Space Jam: Lola Bunny, The Nerdlucks, Mr. Swackhammer, Stanley Podolak
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