Nineteen ninety six

1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year beginning on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, declared International Year for the Eradication of Poverty by the United Nations Organization.

Events

January

Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen

• January 1st: in Mexico, new banknotes circulate.
  • an earthquake of 7.9 shakes the island of Célebes leaving a balance of 9 dead and 63 wounded.
• 4 January: in Switzerland, CERN scientists announced that they had obtained nine hydrogen antiatomos, the first achievement in obtaining antimatter.
• January 5: Israeli secret services murder Yahya Ayyash, a Hamas activist.
• 7 January:
  • In Guatemala, conservative Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen of the PAN is elected as new president.
  • They take to the Keiko orca, the main attraction of the fun park Kingdom Adventure of Mexico City, to the Coast Aquarium Oregon. Keiko was the main attraction of the park for several years; her transfer was due to the search for better living conditions for the orca, and was the first step prior to her release on the North Sea.
• 8 January:
  • UNICEF requires the People ' s Republic of China to provide urgent explanations for the deaths of thousands of children in orphanages in the country.
  • Former French President François Mitterrand died.
  • The Detective Conan series in Japan begins to broadcast.
• 14 January:
  • In Guatemala, Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen assumes as president.
  • In Portugal, Jorge Sampaio is elected as new president.
• January 15: In Spain, Peruvian writer and politician Mario Vargas Llosa took over the L chair of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE).
• January 17: In Spain, the armed band ETA kidnapped the prison official José Antonio Ortega Lara.
• January 19: In Palestine, Yasir Arafat is elected president of the Palestinian National Authority.
• January 21: Mexico is the champion of the 1996 Concacaf Gold Cup defeated Brazil
• 22 January: Tanzania closes its border with Burundi and prevents the entry of 17,000 Rwandan refugees.
• 26 January: In Spain, the Congress of Deputies granted nationality to the international brigades, thus fulfilling the promise made by Juan Negrín when they left the country in 1938.
• January 29: In France, President Jacques Chirac announced a "final end" of nuclear tests.
• January 30: Yuji Hyakutake discovers comet C/1996 B2, now called comet Hyakutake in honor of his discoverer. It was the brightest of the year, and one of those that happened closer to Earth.

February

• February 1st: the train of the company Ferrovía Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe H-BALT1-31 from Barstow, CA to Los Angeles loses the brakes along the same summit and at 4 AM, derail it to an MP 60.4 curve towards Cajon Junction.
• February 3: A 6.6 earthquake shakes southwest China leaving more than 300 dead and more than 17,000 wounded.
• February 6: In the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the coast of the Dominican Republic, a Boeing 757 belonging to the Turkish airline Birgenair is crashed. 189 people die.
• 7 February: The Toei Animation animation company continues the work of the mangaka Akira Toriyama with the continuation of Dragon Ball GT.
• 9 February:
  • In Darmstadt (Germany) the GSI discovers the atom of the Copernium element.
  • Second Pastoral Visit of Pope John Paul II to Venezuela.
• February 10: IBM's Deep Blue Supercomputer first beats Russian Garry Kasparov in a chess game.
• 14 February: at the Faculty of Law of the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), the terrorist group ETA murders Professor Francisco Tomás and Valiente.
• February 17: NASA launches the NEAR Shoemaker ship to the Eros asteroid.
  • on the Indonesian island of Biak, an earthquake of 8.2 causes a tsunami with waves of more than 7 meters that leave more than 160 dead and 420 wounded.
• 21 February: An earthquake of 7.5 is recorded on the northern coast of Peru.
• February 26: Yang Hyun Suk founded the company of K-pop YG Entertainment
• 29 February: in front of Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, in the city of Arequipa (Peru), a Boeing 737-200 is crashed from the airline Faucett Peru (Vuelo 251). 123 people die.

March

Jorge Sampaio

John Howard

• 2 March:
  • In Florida, the United States died former Dominican President Jacobo Majluta.
  • In Australia, federal elections are held.
• March 3: In Spain, the Popular Party led by José María Aznar wins the general elections for a narrow margin, ending with 14 years of socialist government by Felipe González.
• March 4th: In Buenos Aires, the Canal 26 cable television begins to broadcast.
• 7 March: In Palestine, the first democratically elected Parliament is constituted.
• March 9: The last victory of Barcelona to the Quito League in the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium.
• March 10: In Portugal, Jorge Sampaio became president for the first time.
• March 11: In Australia, John Howard became prime minister.
• March 15: In Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang is a president.
• March 25: In the European Union, the Veterinary Committee prohibits the export of British cows and their derivatives, due to the disease of mad cows (Bovine spongiform disease).

April

• 2 April: in Poland, former President Lech Walesa re-entered as an electrician in the Gdansk shipyards, after his defeat in the elections.
• April 6: In the city of Mar del Plata (Argentina) the independent theater El Galpón de las Artes is inaugurated.
• April 7: In Mexico, for the first time, the summer schedule is applied to take advantage of one more hour of sun, with the objective of saving energy.
• April 15: Secuestro de Terrazas del Ávila, a hostage-taking in Caracas, Venezuela, which lasted for more than twenty hours. The kidnapping resulted in two deaths and three injuries, after one of the kidnappers surrendered, one of the hostages could flee and the remaining kidnapper shot the police, followed by a failed rescue operation.
• 24 April:
  • In Palestine, the Palestinian National Council adopted by majority the amendment of the articles of the Constitution that incited the destruction of Israel.
  • In Rome, Pope John Paul II beats Pier Giorgio Frassati (the Italian secular and mountaineer) and Gianna Beretta Molla (the Italian music that fought against abortion).
• April 26: Intento de Golpe de Estado en Paraguay, headed by then General Lino Oviedo.

May

José María Aznar in 1996

Romano Prodi in 1996

• 3 May: an earthquake of 6.4 leaves 26 dead and 450 wounded in the city of Baotou.
• May 4: In Spain, José María Aznar became the fourth president since the death of dictator Francisco Franco, replacing Felipe González, interrupting for 8 years, until then, almost 14 years of socialist hegemony.
• 5 May:
  • The third and final phase of the peace process between Israel and the PLO is opened in Taba.
  • In Buenos Aires, the football club Gimnasia and Esgrima de La Plata beats Boca Juniors for 6 to 0 in the reign of La Bombonera
• 8 May: in the city of Oslo (Norway) the XLI Edition of Eurovision is held. The Irish representative, Eimear Quinn, attains victory with the theme The Voice.
• May 10th and May 11th: On Mount Everest, 8 Alpinists are lost because of a storm. During the full season, twelve people died trying to reach the top.
• May 16: Presidential elections are held in the Dominican Republic. None of the candidates won an absolute majority in the first round of the presidential elections. Therefore a balotage is carried out on 30 June.
• 17 May: in Italy, Romano Prodi is appointed new President of the Council of Ministers for the first time.
• 25 May: In Suriname, presidential elections are held in which the candidate of the National Democratic Party, Jules Wijdenbosch, is victorious.

June

• June 3: in Mexico, the Multibanco Mercantil Probursa changes its name to BBV (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya).
• June 8: the Euro '96 football championship is inaugurated.
• 16 June:
  • In Pristina, the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) presents its interim government and refuses to hand over arms to NATO.
  • In Spain, writer Antonio Muñoz Molina entered the Spanish Royal Academy. With 40 years, he is the youngest academic in the institution.
  • In the United States, the Chicago Bulls basketball team became the sixth champion of the NBA 1995/1996.
• June 23: Officially the Nintendo 64 comes out for sale in Japan, being a global success
• 30 June: the selection of football in Germany is proclaimed champion of the Euro 1996 after defeating the Czech Republic.
• June 30: Leonel Fernández is elected as the new president of the Dominican Republic by defeating José Francisco Peña Gómez in the second round.

July

• July 1st: in Argentina, Fiat removes the license to Sevel Argentina S. A., becoming again Fiat Auto Argentina SA.
• July 4 (Independence Day in the United States): In Los Angeles (California), Indian computer Sabir Bhatia (27) launches the Hotmail.com website, the first free email. A year and a half later (December 31, 1997) will sell it to Microsoft for $400 million.
• July 5: In Roslin (Scotland), the Dolly sheep, the first cloned animal, was born.
• July 17: on the Atlantic Ocean near Long Island, the TWA 800 flight explodes; all 230 occupants die.
• July 19: The Atlanta Olympics are opening in the United States 1996.
• July 27: terrorist attack at the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, in the Olympics. 111 wounded and 1 dead.

August

Leonel Fernández

• August 5: The U.S. Congress approves the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA), which establishes economic boycott measures against these two countries.
• August 6: In The Palace (Los Angeles) the famous musical group The Ramones is dissolved after its last performance.
• 7 August: in Biescas (province of Huesca, Spain), an avalanche of water and mud washes the Virgin of the Snows. 86 people die and another 100 are injured.
• August 10: In Ecuador, Abdalá Bucaram assumes as president.
• August 12: The first implant of an artificial heart is performed in Spain.
• 14 August: Amsterdam Arena was inaugurated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• August 16: Leonel Fernández assumes for the first time as president of the Dominican Republic.
• August 23: The Congress of the Republic of Peru approves the "Authentic" Interpretation Act of Article 112 of the Constitution, which allows the eventual nomination of President Alberto Fujimori to a new re-election in 2000.
• August 24: In the United States, Microsoft created the Windows NT 4.0 operating system, being the second of the Windows NT family.
• August 28: Diana Spencer and Prince Charles of Wales are divorced in England.
• August 30: In Colombia more than 30 deaths a day occur in the worst offensive of the FARC.

September

• September 3: The United States launches two attacks with 44 missiles against military targets in Iraq.
• September 7: In the province of Entre Ríos (Argentina) the singer Gilda, as well as her daughter, the bus driver and three musicians of the artist's band, died in a traffic accident.
• September 8: In Puerto Rico the rains of Hurricane Hortense cause 21 deaths.
• 9 September:
  • The SKY direct television system is created in Mexico.
  • Croatia and Yugoslavia establish full diplomatic relations after five years of war.
• September 13: rapper 2pac dies in Las Vegas after staying in critical condition six days after a shooting.
• September 15: In Suriname, Jules Wijdenbosch took office.
• September 23: in Shinjuku, Japan, the mangaka Hiroshi Fujimoto dies at age 62.
• 27 September: In Afghanistan the Taliban take Kabul.

October

• 2 October: a Boeing 757-200 from AeroPeru flying to Chile crashes in the Pacific Ocean; 70 occupants die (see Aeroperu Flight 603).
• 13 October: Damon Hill holds his only title in Formula 1 when he won the Japan Grand Prix.
• October 16: In Guatemala's Mateo Flores Stadium, there is a human avalanche that causes 83 deaths and more than 200 wounded.
• 31 October:
  • Philips makes public that he left the DCC format (compact digital cassette: digital compact cassette), although it would maintain the supply of tapes and the technical service for users until 2006. This format had been launched into the market only four years earlier, in 1992.
  • In Venezuela, in front of the parliament, anti-government protests were revived, called by the opposition for the increase in the university budget and supported by Hugo Chávez, where there were 25 detainees and a dead national guard.

November

• November 1st: In Latin America the American cable TV channel for children is inaugurated, Discovery Kids
• November 5: In the United States, Bill Clinton is re-elected president.
• 5 November: in Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosselló is re-elected governor. Receives 1006,331 votes in front of Hector L. Acevedo, who gets 875,852
• 12 November: near New Delhi, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo with Kazakh flag collid in full flight, causing the death of 349 passengers.
• 12 November: In Nazca (Peru) there is an earthquake of 7.7 that leaves 14 dead.
• November 19: Pope John Paul II receives Cuban President Fidel Castro in the Vatican City.
• November 20: The U.S. cable TV channel for children, Fox Kids, is inaugurated in Latin America.
• 21 November: In Puerto Rico a gas explosion at Humberto Vidal Store in San Juan causes several wounded and killed.
• 23 November: a Boeing 767 hijacked by men armed with knives crashes in the Indian Ocean, after having exhausted the fuel in full flight; 123 occupants die (including plane hijackers) and 52 people survive (See Ethiopian Airlines flight 961).
• November 30: Albania is playing the first international football game in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

December

• 9 December: In Bangkok, the Asian Olympic Council announces the official hymn of the sporting organization. The work is a group of sounds of the cultures of the Asian continent to represent their cooperation and unity.
• 9 December: in Costa Rica it is decreed by the law of Executive Decree No. 25724 on the day of the traditional Costa Rican Masquerade every 31 October of every year.
• 10 December: In Uruguay, a plebiscite is held to submit for the consideration of the citizenry a constitutional reform that establishes the internal elections of a single candidate per party and the second round of elections; the ballot is practically packed, and the count of votes observed is extended until January, in which the so-called Constitution of 97 finally enters into force.
• 14 December: in the city of Quito (Ecuador) is celebrated the XXV International Edition of the OTI Festival. The Spanish representative, Anabel Russ, achieves victory with the theme Hands.
• December 17: In Peru, an MRTA command took the Japanese embassy in Lima, where a party was held, holding more than 600 people. That same night they'll release all women. The remaining 72 hostages will be released on 22 April 1997, when the Armed Forces entered the embassy and executed all the guerrillas.
• December 20: In Latin America, broadcasts of the U.S. cable television channel for children Nickelodeon begin. In addition, in the United States, Apple purchased NeXT Computer.
• December 22: In Mexico, Santos Laguna becomes the first short tournament champion of the first Mexican football division, this being its first title in its history.
• 29 December: in Guatemala, URNG and the Government signed a peace treaty, after 36 years of internal struggles.
• December 30: In the United States the term New Economy is used for the first time in the magazine BusinessWeek in Michael J. Mandel’s report called “The triumph of the New Economy”.

Births

January

Dove Cameron

• 1 January: Andreas Pereira, Belgian footballer
• January 1: Noah Sierota, American guitarist, Echosmith band
• 1 January: Atomu Mizuishi, Japanese actor
• 1 January: Kun, Chinese singer, member of the NCT group
• 1 January: Stuart Holthusen, New Zealand footballer
• January 1: Ahmaad Rorie, American basketball player
• January 1st: Mathias Jensen, Danish footballer
• January 1st: Isaiah Powell, American basketball player
• 2 January: Opoku Ampomah, Ghanaian footballer
• 2 January: Kamil Małecki, Polish cyclist
• January 2: Rasmus Bøgh Wallin, Danish cyclist
• January 3: Florence Pugh, British actress
• January 3: Franco Pizzichillo, Uruguayan footballer
• January 3: Curro Sánchez, Spanish footballer
• January 3: Zoe Tavarelli, Italian actress
• January 3: Cristian Arrieta, Colombian footballer
• January 4: Emma Mackey, French actress
• January 4: Sophia Ahrens, German model
• January 4: William Barta, American cyclist
• January 4: Marcus Ingvartsen, Danish footballer
• January 6: Courtney Eaton, Australian model
• January 6: Miki Núñez, Spanish singer
• January 8: Niklas Castro, Chilean-Norway footballer
• January 8: Julián Sancho, Costa Rican Yudoca
• January 9: Oana Gregory, American actress
• January 10: David Nwolokor, Nigerian footballer
• January 10: Kevin Méndez, Uruguayan footballer
• January 11: Leroy Sané, German footballer
• January 11: Francis D'Albenas, Uruguayan footballer
• January 12: Ella Henderson, British singer and songwriter
• January 12: Ai Hashimoto, Japanese actress and model
• January 12: Emmanuel González, Uruguayan footballer
• January 13: Oliver Sail, New Zealand footballer
• January 15: Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
• January 16: Jennie, rapper and South Korean singer, member of the Blackpink group.
• 17 January: Sebastián Villalobos, actor, singer and youtuber Colombia
• January 18: Sarah Gilman, American actress
• January 21: Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
• January 21: Joel Waterman, Canadian footballer
• January 22: Minami Tanaka, Japanese actress and seiyū
• 23 January: Nicolas Haas, Swiss footballer
• January 23: Rauno Sappinen, Estonian footballer
• January 24: Patrik Schick, Czech footballer
• January 24: Stine Larsen, Danish footballer
• January 25: Calum Hood, Australian singer and bassist, 5 Seconds of Summer band
• January 25: Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer
• January 26: I.M, Rapero and composer. Monsta X member.
• January 26: Tyger Drew-Honey, British actor
• January 26: Vivianne Dietz, Chilean actress
• January 27: Braeden Lemasters, American actor and musician, Wallows band component
• January 28: Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir, Icelandic footballer
• January 30: Pawel Bochniewicz, Polish footballer
• January 30: Franz Brorsson, Swedish footballer
• January 30: Martina Fusini, Italian footballer
• January 31: Joel Courtney, American actor
• January 31: Elias Andersson, Swedish footballer
• January 31: Léo Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• January 31: Krišs Kārkliņš, Latvian footballer

February

Doyoung

• 1 February: Rahart Adams, Australian actor
• 1 February: Dionne Bromfield, British singer
• 1 February: Doyoung, South Korean singer, member of the NCT group.
• February 2: Paul Mescal, Irish actor
• February 7: Jake Goldberg, American actor
• February 7: Guillermo Aliende, Argentine basketball
• February 8: Lineisy Montero, Dominican model
• February 9: Jimmy Bennett, American actor
• February 9, Kelli Berglund, American actress and dancer
• February 11: Daniil Medvédev, Russian tennis player.
• February 11: Lucas Torreira, Spanish footballer.
• 14 February: Viktor Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 17 February: Sasha Pieterse, South African actress
• February 18: Ikumi Hisamatsu, actress, model, gravure idol and Japanese tarento
• February 19: Delfina Chaves, Argentine actress and model
• 21 February: Sophie Turner, British actress and model
• February 22: Pablo Fornals, Spanish footballer
• February 23: D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
• February 27: Ten, Thai singer and rapper, group member, NCT
• February 28: Niels Van Zandweghe, Belgian Remero
• February 28: Danilo Barbosa da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• February 28: Lucas Boyé, Argentine footballer
• February 28: Karsten Warholm, Norwegian athlete
• February 28: Marcos Bolados, Chilean footballer
• February 28: Dhea Annisa, Indonesian actress and singer
• February 29: Jaume Valens Cardell, Spanish footballer
• 29 February: Andrea Esteban Catalan, Spanish footballer
• February 29: Aníbal Rosales, Venezuelan footballer
• February 29: Sebastian Schmitt, German basketball player
• February 29: Soya Takahashi, Japanese footballer
• 29 February: Shuta Doi, Japanese footballer
• February 29: Reece Prescod, British athlete
• February 29: Norberto Briasco, Argentine footballer

March

Taylor Marie Hill

• 4 March: Maverick López, Spanish singer
• March 4: Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan footballer
• March 5: Taylor Marie Hill, American Model
• 6 March: Timo Werner, German footballer
• March 8: Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress
• 10 March: Ali Gholizadeh, Iranian footballer
• 10 March: Josip Posavec, Croatian footballer
• 12 March: Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
• 12 March: Robert Bartczak, Polish footballer
• March 15: Connor Ball, Slovenian singer, Tha Vamps band
• March 18: Madeline Carroll, American actress
• March 19: Kaiya Jones, Australian actress
• March 19: Quenton Nelson, American football player.
• March 23: Alexander Albon, Thai Formula 1 pilot
• March 24: Jack Johnson, American singer
• March 24: Orbelín Pineda, Mexican footballer
• March 26: Kathryn Bernardo, actress, singer and Filipino model
• March 27: Stephane Omeonga, Belgian footballer
• 29 March: Juanpa Zurita, youtuber, influencer, model, actor, comedian
• March 30: Nayef Aguerd, Moroccan footballer

April

Austin Mahone

• April 2: Yukihide Gibo, Japanese footballer.
• April 2: György Golomán, Hungarian basketball player.
• April 2: Estanislao Marcellán, Spanish footballer.
• April 2: André Onana, Cameroonian footballer.
• April 4: Austin Mahone, American singer.
• April 5: Alexander Crossan, a guernesian-British musician.
• April 6: Nicolás Sosa, Uruguayan footballer.
• April 8: Magdalena Chiprés Herrera, Mexican model.
• April 9: Emerson Hyndman, American footballer.
• April 10: Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer.
• April 11: Dele Alli, English footballer.
• April 14: Abigail Breslin, American actress.
• April 16: Anya Taylor-Joy, American-British actress and model, with Argentine and Spanish origin.
• April 17: Gianluca Mancini, Italian footballer.
• April 19: Oriana Sabatini, actress, singer and Argentine-Venezuelan model.
• April 19: London Freeman, American actress and singer.
• April 21: Gaston Faber, Uruguayan footballer.
• April 25: Miguel Herrán, Spanish actor.
• April 27: Dunstan Vella, Maltese footballer.
• April 28: Katherine Langford, Australian actress.
• April 29: María Pérez García, a Spanish athlete who competes in athletics.
• April 30: Augusto Batalla, Argentine footballer.

May

Noah Munck

Normani Kordei

Martin Garrix

• 2 May: Julian Brandt, German footballer
• May 3: Noah Munck, American actor
• 4 May: Pelayo Roza, Spanish Penagüista
• May 6: Dominic Scott Kay, American Children's actor
• May 9: Noah Centineo, American actor
• May 9: Mary Mouser, American actress
• 14 May: Martin Garrix, DJ and Dutch producer
• May 14: McKaley Miller, American actress
• May 14: Diego González Hernández, Mexican footballer
• May 15: Nerea Camacho, Spanish actress
• May 15: Birdy, British singer
• May 16: Marcio Almeida de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• May 17: Ryan Ochoa, American actor
• May 22: Elisa Drabben, Spanish actress
• 25 May: Abdel Al Badaoui, Moroccan footballer
• May 31: Normani Kordei, American singer, Fifth Harmony band
• May 31: Joaquín Fernández Moreno, Spanish footballer
• 31 May: Joachim Andersen, Danish footballer

June

Ayaka Sasaki

• June 1st: Tom Holland, British actor
• June 4: Meikayla Moore, New Zealand footballer
• June 5: Lorenzo Ranelli, Italian footballer
• June 5: Valentina Cuenca, Mexican actress
• June 7: Marcos Vinicius Silva Cupertino, Brazilian footballer
• June 8: Nicolás Álvarez, Peruvian tennis player
• June 8: Geneva Bellucci, Spanish pornographic actress
• June 10: Wen Junhui, Chinese actor, singer and dancer
• June 10: Ryo Odajima, Japanese footballer
• June 10: Benedict Chepeshi, Zambian footballer
• June 10: Oliver Abildgaard, Danish footballer
• June 11: Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese idol, from the band Momoiro Clover Z
• June 11: Philip Billing, Danish footballer
• 11 June: Ibai Azurmendi, Spanish cyclist
• June 12: Anna Margaret, American singer and actress
• June 13: Kingsley Coman, French footballer
• 13 June: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor
• June 13: Taiga Maekawa, Japanese footballer
• June 13: Guille Lara, Spanish footballer
• June 13: Deborah Chiesa, Italian tennis player
• June 13: James Shaw, British cyclist
• 13 June: Albert Torras Crespo, Spanish footballer
• June 13: Lee Jeong-Jae, South Korean curling player
• June 15: Aurora Aksnes, Norwegian singer
• June 15: Rikke Sevecke, Danish footballer
• June 17: Antonio Marín Molina, Spanish footballer
• June 17: Heiko Gigler, Austrian swimmer
• June 17: Bekmurod Oltiboev, yudoca uzbeko
• June 17: Wonwoo, South Korean rapper.
• 18 June: Alen Halilović, Croatian footballer
• June 18: Alexia Umansky, American TV personality
• June 20: Claudia Lee, American actress, singer and songwriter
• 20 June: Mohammad Karimi, Iranian footballer
• June 21: Marco Supino, Italian footballer
• 22 June: Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, Spanish footballer
• 22 June: Georgios Tsalmpouris, Greek basketball
• June 22: Ramón Pasquel, Mexican footballer
• 23 June: Mica Suárez, youtuber and Argentine actress
• June 23: Getsel Montes, Honduran footballer
• June 24: Ramón Sáez Navarro, Chilean footballer
• June 24: Mathías Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
• June 24: Edoardo Affini, Italian cyclist
• June 24: Duki, Argentine rapper
• June 25: Lele Pons, Venezuelan influencer
• June 25: Mikel Azcona, Spanish motor racing driver
• June 25: Rémy Descamps, French footballer
• June 27: James Forde, British actor
• June 27: Lauren Jauregui, American singer, Fifth Harmony band
• June 27: Jeison Angulo, Colombian footballer
• June 28: Donna Vekić, Croatian professional tennis player

July

• 1 July: Anderson Angulo, Colombian footballer
• 1 July: Juan Manuel Álvarez, Mexican footballer
• 1 July: Adelina Sotnikova, Russian skater
• 1 July: Sandro Michel, Swiss bobsleigh pilot
• July 3: Kendji Girac, French singer
• July 5: Rodrigo Tarín, Spanish footballer
• July 6: Celia Barquin, Spanish golfer. (f. 2018)
• July 6: Hassan Abdallah, Kenyan footballer.
• July 7: Julie Allemand, Belgian basketball
• July 7: Lily Adams, pornographic actress and American erotic model
• 7 July: Youssef Aït Bennasser, Franco-Marro footballer
• July 7: Guillermo Millán, Uruguayan basketball player
• 7 July: Fabrizio Buschiazzo, Uruguayan footballer
• July 7: Frank Liivak, Estonian footballer
• July 9: Rafael Miguel, Brazilian actor. (f. 2019)
• July 9: Ivan Zotko, Ukrainian footballer
• July 9: Dan í Soylu, footballer
• July 11: Alessia Cara, Canadian singer
• July 12: Adam Buksa, Polish footballer
• July 12: Melanie Göldner, German shirt
• July 13: Jena Irene, American singer and songwriter of alternative rock and pop rock
• July 13: Nikolai Muscat, Maltese footballer
• July 15: Iver Fossum, Norwegian footballer
• July 15: Vivianne Miedema, Dutch footballer
• July 15: Teddy Bishop, English footballer
• July 16: Luke Hemmings, Australian singer and guitarist, band 5 Seconds of Summer
• July 16: Manuel Pagliani, Italian bike rider
• July 16: Amath Ndiaye, Senegalese footballer
• July 16: Takeshi Sasaki, Japanese Yudoca
• July 16: Carlos López Cortez, American footballer
• July 17: Ulrik Jenssen, Norwegian footballer
• July 17: Jeffrey Wahlberg, American actor
• July 17: Natascha Ausma, Dutch Yudoca
• July 18: Yung Lean, Swedish record producer and rapper
• July 18: Siebe Schrijvers, Belgian footballer
• July 19: Giacomo Ferrari, Italian sailor
• July 20: Joey Bragg, American actor
• 21 July: Michele Troiani, Italian footballer
• July 22: Miguel Alves, Portuguese basketball player
• July 23: Danielle Bradbery, American country music singer
• July 23: Rachel G. Fox, American child actress
• July 23: Blake Michael, American film actor and director
• July 24: Armando Anastasio, Italian footballer
• July 30: Jacob Lofland, American actor
• July 30: Austin North, American actor
• July 30: Ariel Atkins, American basketball player
• July 31: Thiago Cardozo, Uruguayan footballer

August

• 1 August: Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
• 1 August: Yeonwoo, South Korean singer and actress
• August 3: David Solans, Spanish actor
• August 3: Oleksandr Zubkov, Ukrainian footballer
• August 5: Rafał Makowski, Polish footballer
• August 7: Liam James, Canadian actor
• August 7: Ashley Adams, pornographic actress and American erotic model
• August 10: Lumor Agbenyenu, Ghanaian footballer
• August 10: Rolando Arrasco, Peruvian footballer
• 11 August: Sara Ouzande, Spanish Penagüista
• August 12: Torri Webster, Canadian actress
• August 12: Arthur Melo, Brazilian footballer
• August 12: Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer, actress and dancer, member of CLC
• 13 August: Alvaro Rico, Spanish actor
• August 13: Taylor Lawrence, British bobsleigh pilot
• August 14: Brianna Hildebrand, American actress
• 14 August: Samuel Grandsir, French footballer
• August 14: Neal Maupay, French footballer
• August 14: Maximiliano Gómez, Uruguayan footballer
• August 14: Jon Erasun, Spanish ballri
• August 14: Matteo Moschetti, Italian cyclist
• 14 August: Emmanuel Morales, Paraguayan footballer
• August 14: Yante Maten, American basketball player
• August 14: José Machín, Ecuadorian footballer
• August 16: Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 16 August: Stanko Jurić, Croatian footballer
• 16 August: Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Saudi footballer
• August 18: M'Bala Nzola, Angolan footballer
• 19 August: Muteb Al-Mufarrij, Saudi footballer
• August 28: Sejeong, South Korean actress and singer. Member of Gugudan and I.O.I.
• August 30: Trevor Jackson, American actor and singer
• August 30: Carolina Kopelioff, Argentine actress

September

Zendaya

• September 1st: Zendaya, actress, singer, dancer and American model
• September 6: Lana Rhoades, American pornographic actress
• September 8: Karl Micallef, Maltese footballer
• September 9: Duván Vergara, Colombian footballer
• September 10: Jack Gilinsky, American singer
• September 12: Colin Ford, American actor
• 13 September: Lili Reinhart, American actress
• September 15: Oscar Olivares, Venezuelan illustrator.
• September 17: Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer.
• September 19: Pia Mia, American singer, actress and model
• 21 September: Mariya Skora, Ukrainian Yudoca
• September 22: Anthoine Hubert, French motor racing driver (f. 2019)
• September 23: Lee Hi, South Korean singer
• September 30: Nico Elvedi, Swiss footballer
• September 30: Miriam Rodríguez, OT 2017 contestant, singer

October

Bella Hadid

• October 4: Ryan Lee, American actor
• October 7: Paloma de Bordóns, swimmer Spanish
• October 9: Bella Hadid, American Model
• October 9: Cole Preston, American band component Wallows
• October 10: Oscar Zia, Swedish singer
• October 10: Jurgen Degabriele, Maltese footballer
• October 11: Rhea Ripley, WWE professional fighter
• October 11: Carla Mauri, Mexican singer.
• October 12: Miku Itō, Japanese seiyū.
• October 12: Otis Livingston II, American basketball player.
• October 17: Oleh Kudryk, Ukrainian footballer
• October 19: Mattia Bais, Italian cyclist
• October 20: Arianna Acuti, Italian footballer
• October 20: Teagan Micah, Australian footballer
• October 21, Andrés Roca Rey, Peruvian bullfighter
• October 24: Océane Dodin, French tennis player
• October 24: Bas van Empelen, Dutch yudoca
• October 27: Nobody Amiri, German footballer
• 29 October: Mariasun Quiñones, Spanish footballer
• October 30: Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese idol, Morning Musume band

November

Lorde

• November 1st: Lil Peep, American rapper (f. 2017)
• 1 November: Jeongyeon, South Korean singer, member of the Twice group.
• 2 November: Cami, Chilean singer
• November 3: Aria Wallace, American actress and singer.
• 4 November: Adelen, Norwegian singer and composer.
• November 5: Tony Kaltack, a Vanuatuian footballer.
• November 6: Patrick Nogueira, Brazilian murderer.
• 7 November: Lorde, New Zealand singer and composer.
• 7 November: André Horta, Portuguese footballer.
• November 8: Jens Stage, Danish footballer.
• 9 November: Momo, Japanese singer and dancer, member of the Twice group.
• November 11: Tye Sheridan, American actor.
• 11 November: Linus Wahlqvist, Swedish footballer.
• November 11: Adam Andersson, Swedish footballer.
• 11 November: Joel Andersson, Swedish footballer.
• 11 November: Gianluca Gaudino, German footballer.
• 11 November: Camila Soleibe, Colombian model.
• 12 November: Vincenzo Albanese, Italian cyclist.
• 14 November: Fiorin Durmishaj, Albanian footballer.
• 14 November: Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player.
• 14 November: Ruth Jebet, Kenyan athlete.
• 14 November: Rabiya Mateo, Filipino model.
• 15 November: Marta Soto, Spanish singer.
• 17 November: Daniela Henao Salgado, Colombian footballer.
• November 18: Sorn, Thai singer, member of CLC
• November 18: Andrés Pascual Santoja, Spanish footballer.
• November 22: Mackenzie Lintz, American film and television actress.
• November 22: Hailey Baldwin, American model.
• November 23: Endri Çekiçi, Albanian footballer.
• November 27: Vlasiy Sinyavskiy, Estonian footballer.
• 29 November: Gonçalo Guedes, Portuguese footballer.

December

Stefanie Scott

• 1 December: Ignácio da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• December 3: Ewa Pajor, Polish footballer
• December 3: Damion Eigenberg, Dutch Remero
• 4 December: Marco Lukka, Estonian footballer
• December 6: Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer
• December 6: Davide Calabria, Italian footballer
• 7 December: Raivis Jurkovskis, Latvian footballer
• December 11: Jack Griffo, American actor
• December 11: Hailee Steinfeld, American actress and singer
• December 12: Miguel Bernardeau, Spanish actor
• 13 December: Aurora Galli, Italian footballer
• 13 December: Vera Spanke, German shirt
• 13 December: Aïssa Laïdouni, Franco-Tuniscanian footballer
• 13 December: Masaki Okino, Japanese footballer
• 13 December: Yhoan Andzouana, Congolese footballer
• 13 December: Beatrice Duodu Owusu, Hispanic-Ghana journalist
• 13 December: Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
• 13 December: Isaiah Reese, American basketball player
• December 15: Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 16 December: Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer
• December 17: Olivier Thill, Luxembourg footballer
• December 19: Franck Kessié, Ivory footballer
• December 21: Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
• 23 December: Bartosz Kapustka, Polish footballer
• December 25: Andrea Bianchimano, Italian footballer
• December 26: JonBeneth Ramsey, Queen of Child Beauty
• December 26: Liberto Beltrán, Spanish footballer
• December 27: Cedric Itten, Swiss footballer
• December 28: Juan Pablo Pernalete, Venezuelan student. (f. 2017)
• 29 December: Sana, Japanese singer, member of the Twice group
• December 29: Dylan Minnette, American actor
• December 30: Stephanie Del Valle, Queen of Puerto Rican Beauty, Miss World 2016
• December 30: Matheus Aias, Brazilian footballer

Undetermined dates

• Orlando Figuera, Venezuelan parker. (f. 2017)

Deaths

Art and literature

• January 6: Pedro Maestre gets the Nadal Award for Killing dinosaurs with tyranny.

Literary publications

• Arturo Pérez-Reverte: Captain Alatriste (first delivery of the series The Adventures of Captain Alatriste)
• Miguel Argaya: Between spontaneous and difficult
• Luis Sepúlveda: History of a seagull and cat that taught him to fly
• José Sarria Cuevas: Prisoners of Babel
• Alberto Fuguet: Red ink
• Daniel Olave: Chile vs. Hollywood
• Pedro Lemebel: Loco afán: chronicles of sidario
• Juan Emar: Umbral (Postuma publication: 1977 partial edition, completed in 1996)
• Roberto Bolaño: The Nazi Literature in America
• Roberto Bolaño: A distant star
• Gabriel García Márquez: News of a kidnapping
• Yolanda Blanco: Female Voices of the Hispanic World
• Milagros Palma: The Covenant
• Ricardo Pasos Marciaq: The seeds of the moon
• Elena Garro: A red suit for a duel
• Elena Garro: A heart in a trash can
• Candace Bushnell: Sex and the City

Science and technology

• 31 October: Philips makes public that he left the manufacture of DCC format (Digital Compact Cassette), although it would maintain the supply of tapes and the technical service for users until 2006. This format had been launched into the market only 4 years earlier, in 1992.

Astronautics

• February 17: The United States launches the NEAR space probe to the Eros asteroid.
• August 21: The United States launches the auroral observation satellite FAST.
• 7 November: The United States launches the Mars Global Surveyor probe to Mars.
• 4 December: United States launches probe Mars Pathfinder to planet Mars.

Biology

• August 6: In the United States, NASA announces that the meteorite ALH 84001, which is believed to be originally from Mars, contains evidence of primitive forms of life.

Medicine

• DNA is introduced into the malaria parasite genome
• The mioclonic epilepsy gene is identified
• The precursor cells of mast cells are discovered
• A new technique analyzes the key human protein in the union of HIV with CD4 lymphocytes

Chemistry

• February 9: In the installations of the GSI in Darmstadt (Germany) the atom of element 112 is discovered, Copernicio.

Consoles and video games

• January 29 the shareware version of Duke Nukem 3D comes out for sale, then the full version of the game would come out for sale on April 19 of the same year.
• Nintendo officially ceases in the manufacture of its NES console, mostly known for the video game Super Mario Bros.
• Nintendo brings out its new consoles, the Game Boy Pocket laptop and the Nintendo 64. In addition, the multi-million dollar Pókemon franchise.
• Nintendo announces the discontinuation of the Virtual Boy console, its worst-selling console that came out for sale only a few months earlier in 1995.
• March 9 departs for sale Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars for Super Nintendo.
• March 21, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory released the video game Kirby Super Star for the Super Nintendo console.
• March 22 Capcom Takes For Sale Resident Evil.
• June 23 departs for sale Super Mario 64, the first 3D platform game of the Mario franchise, game that would become standard for the control of the camera with complete freedom and the development of adventure video games in three-dimensional scenarios.
• July 24 the game for Arcade Neo Geo The King of Fighters '96 SNK.
• August 31 Naughty Dog creates and publishes the first game of the saga Crash Bandicoot.
• September 30 the Bedlam video game for DOS, Macintosh and Windows is released for sale.
• October 25 the first game of the saga comes out for sale Tomb Raider.
• November 22, Nintendo and Rare take out Donkey Kong Country 3 Dixie Kong's Double Trouble for Super Nintendo.
• Masaya Matsuura creates PaRappa The Rapper, a music video game for PlayStation
• SEGA Announces Cancellation Sonic X-Treme.

Sports

News

• 2nd of August: at the Atlanta Olympic Games, the Spanish set of rhythmic gymnastics composed of Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Estela Giménez, Lorena Guréndez, Tania Lamarca and Estíbaliz Martínez, gets the first Olympic gold medal for Spanish gymnastics. Upon their arrival in Spain, the media baptized them as the Golden Girls.

Motor Racing

• Damon Hill is the world champion of Formula 1 after winning at the Japan Grand Prix in Suzuka.
• Tommi Mäkinen is a world champion of WRC
• Terry Labonte is dedicated NASCAR champion
• Jimmy Vasser is dedicated CART champion
• Juan María Traverso Consecrates Champion of Road Tourism
• Ernesto Bessone Consecrates TC2000 Champion
• Gabriel Raies is dedicated Argentine Rally Champion

Basketball

• League ACB: FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion.

Handball

• FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion of the Balonmano European Cup.
• The TBV Lemgo is proclaimed champion of the Recopa de Europa de Balonmano.

Football

• Euro: Germany European Champion 1996 disputed in England after defeating the Czech Republic in the Final.
• OFC Nations Cup: Australia got its second title.
• Golden Ball: The German Matthias Sammer, of Borussia Dortmund, is appointed best footballer of the World of the year by France Football magazine.
• Copa Conmebol: Club Atlético Lanús de Argentina
• Copa Libertadores de América: River Plate of Argentina.
• First Division of Chile: Colo-Colo is proclaimed champion of the official first division tournament.
• Professional Colombian Football: Deportivo Cali.
• Serie A of Ecuador: The National.
• Mexican League: Club Necaxa bicampion of the season 1995/96. Start the short tournaments with the Winter Tournament 1996Where there's Club Santos Laguna champion.
• Peruvian League: Sporting Cristal consecrates tricampion of the football of Peru.
• Spanish Football League: The Atlético de Madrid wins the Spanish League.
• Football King Cup: The Atlético de Madrid wins the Copa del Rey.
• The Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield is a champion of the Closing Tournament 1996 in Argentine football and internationally receives the Inter-American Cup and the South American Super Cup.
• The Club Atlético River Plate is dedicated champion of the Tournament Opening in Argentine football
• Hurricane Corrientes is dedicated National B champion in Argentine football
• Sportivo Italian is dedicated champion of the B Metropolitana in Argentine football
• Antonian Youth Consecrates Argentine Champion A in Argentine Soccer
• Villa Dálmine is dedicated champion of the First C in Argentine football
• Central Ballester Consecrates First D Champion in Argentine Soccer
• Major League Soccer: D.C. United becomes the first champion in the history of the U.S. MLS in 1996.

American Football

• Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys is proclaimed NFL champion for the fifth time
• Major League of ONEFA: Borregos Salvajes Monterrey champion of the Mexican league by the hand of coach Frank González

Olympic and Paralympic Games

• The Olympic and Paralympic Games are held in Atlanta, United States.

Mountaineering

• May 12: Carlos Carsolio and his brother Alfredo make a summit on Mount Manaslu. For Carlos it would be his fourteenth and last eight thousand, thus becoming the fourth person in history and the youngest to perform the feat (33 years).

Rugby

• Central Chilean rugby Championship: Catholic University champion.

Tennis

• Wimbledon: Men: Richard Krajicek to MaliVai Washington. Women: Steffi Graf a Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
• Roland Garros: Men: Yevgeny Kafelnikov to Michael Stich. Women: Steffi Graf a Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
• US Open: Men: Pete Sampras to Michael Chang. Women: Steffi Graf to Monica Seles.
• Australian Open: Men: Boris Becker to Michael Chang. Women: Monica Seles to Anke Huber.

Cinema

Premieres

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• January 12: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

• 23 February: TrainspottingDanny Boyle.
• 8 March: FargoJoel Coen.
• 12 April: FearJames Foley.
• 12 April: James and the giant peachHenry Selick's.
• 2 May: Xabierlon of John Musker
• 21 June: The hunchback of Notre DameGary Trousdale and Kirk Wise.
• 28 June: The crazy teacherTom Shadyac.
• 2 July: Independence DayRoland Emmerich.
• 26 July: Time to killJoel Schumacher
• 4 October: The WondersTom Hanks.
• 8 November: Rescue (film)Ron Howard.
• 15 November: Anthony Minghella's English patient.
• 15 November: Space JamJoe Pytka.
• 22 November: Jingle All the WayBrian Levant.
• 12 December: Mars Attacks!Tim Burton.
• 28 December: Adventures in Shanghai 4.
• Mission: ImpossibleBrian De Palma.
• Love seriously harms healthManuel Gómez Pereira.
• EvitaAlan Parker.
• 20 December: ScreamWes Craven.
• Thesisof Alexander Amenábar.

All dates belong to the official premieres of their countries of origin, unless otherwise indicated.

Music

News

• In England it forms the band of pop rock and alternative rock Coldplay.
• In Peru it forms the rock band Libido.
• The British group Siouxsie And The Banshees is separated after 20 years of trajectory.
• The Spanish group Heroes of Silence is separated.
• The Hispanic-Argentine group Los Rodríguez is separated.

Posts

• Marine Water: Vol. 11: Love, Love
• Alejandro Fernández: Very deep within my heart
• Alejandra Guzmán: Skin change
• Alejandro Lerner: Magic hotel
• Alice in Chains: Unplugged
• Ali Project: Gensō Teien
• Almafuerte: From the environment
• Amanda Miguel: Love me once more
• Dangerous Friendships: Prophecy
• Arch Enemy: Black Earth
• velvets: The pipe of peace
• Sugar Moreno: Slave of your skin
• Babasónicos: Dopadromo
• Backstreet Boys: Backstreet Boys
• Barricada: Insolence
• Beck: Odelay
• Benny: Om
• Bersuit Vergarabat: Don Leopardo
• Bethlehem: Dictius Te Necare
• Big Boy: My eyes cry for you
• Gold Binomial of America: To your taste
• Biohazard: Mata Leao
• Björk: Telegram
• Blind Guardian: The Forgotten Tales
• Bobby Pulido: Unveiled
• Bobby Pulido: Show me
• Bronco: Tribute to the Great Groups
• Bryan Adams: 18 Til I Die
• Café Tacvba: Achievement of successes
• Children Of Bodom: Children Of Bodom
• Cannibal Corpse: Vile
• Chayanne: Back to birth
• Cheap Trick: Sex, America, Cheap Trick
• Christian Meier: I don't remember who I was.
• Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
• Cristian Castro: The desire to hear your voice
• Cucsifae: Cucsifae
• Diego Torres: New moon
• Diomedes Díaz: Thank you very much.
• Electronic: Raise the Pressure
• She dances Sola: She dances sola
• Eminem: Infinite
• Emmanuel: Total love
• Enigma: Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!
• El Barrio: "Yo sueno flamenco"
• The Tri: Stains in the bag
• Eros Ramazzotti: Where there is music (in Spanish)
• Eva Ayllón: Ritmo, color and flavor
• Faithless: Reverence
• Fey: Tierna the night
• Fito Páez: Euphoria
• Fountains of Wayne: Fountains of Wayne
• Foxy Brown: Ill na na na
• Franco de Vita: Out of this world
• George Michael: Older
• Ghostface Killah: Ironman
• Giovanna: Spray raspberry color
• Nectar Group: Embry me soft
• Heroes of Silence: Parasiempre
• H.O.T.: We hate all kinds of violence
• Hypocrisy: Abducted
• Untouchable: Take me with you.
• Ivan Villazón: Get in.
• Jaguares: The balance of the jaguars (17 September)
• Jamiroquai: Travelling without Moving
• Jarabe de Palo: The skinny
• Jay-Z: Reasonable doubt
• Jean Pierre Magnet and José Luis Madueño: Wayruro
• Jeans: Jeans
• Joaquín Sabina: Me, me, me, with you
• José Luis Perales: In love key
• Juan Gabriel: 25th anniversary, singles, duets and special versions
• Julio Iglesias: Tango
• Kabah: The Siren Street
• Kenny G: The Moment
• Kiss: "MTV Unplugged"
• Korn: Life is Peachy
• L'arc in Ciel: True
• The Union: Slowly.
• Laura Pausini: The things you're living / I'll take it
• Lil' Kim: Hardcore
• Liuba María Hevia: Someone's waiting for me.
• Los Chiches del Vallenato: Flying high
• The Devils: They're fashionable.
• Los Inquietos del Vallenato: Back to triumph
• The Piojos: 3rd Arc
• Prisoners: Neither for reason... nor for force
• The Northern Tigers: 16 strokes
• The Northern Tigers: United forever
• The Chichos: Gypsy
• The Three: The Yein Fonda
• La Barranca: The fire of the night
• Lucybell: Travel
• Luis Enrique: Genesis
• Luis Miguel: Nothing's the same.
• Luis Salinas: Salinas
• Madonna: B.S.O. Evita
• Mägo de Oz: Jesus of Chamberi
• Malice Mizer:
  • Voyage ~Sans Retour~ (9 June).
  • Ma chérie ~ Itoshii kimi e~ (10 October).
• Malón: Justice or resistance
• Marcos Vidal: Cara a Cara
• Mark Knopfler:

Golden Heart

• Marilyn Manson:

Antichrist Superstar

• Metallica: Load
• Mike Oldfield: Voyager
• Miguel Morales: Most popular
• Miki González: González Blues
• Miss Rosi: Singing with Miss Rosi, Volume 4
• Mœnia: Mœnia
• Moonspell: Irreligious
• Morbid Angel: Entangled in chaos
• Musikit: My Rodite No1
• Nacho Cano: The female side
• Napalm Death: Diatribes
• Nas: It was written
• Nestor Torres: Talk to me
• Nirvana: From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
• Oasis Morning glory
• Olga Tañón: New trails (16 April) and Stop it!
• Orchestra Salserín: With a lot of swing
• Outkast: ATLiens
• P.O.D.: Brown
• Panther: The Great Southern Trendkill
• Patricia Manterola: Pretty girl
• Paulina Rubio: Planet Pauline
• Patricio Rey and his Redonditos de Ricota: Liar
• Placebo: Placebo
• Pearl Jam: No code
• Pedro Suárez-Vértiz: Put it in your tongue
• Pet Shop Boys: Bilingual
• Polygamy: Promotal 500mg
• Puffy AmiYumi: AmiYumi
• Rage Against the Machine: Evil Empire
• Redman: Muddy Waterz
• Ricardo Arjona: If the north were south
• Roberto Carlos: Mulher, 40
• Los Rodríguez: See you later..
• Rosana: Rotary moons
• Rosario: Much to live
• Rosendo: Ready for Reconversion
• Rush: Test for Echo
• Roxette: Baladas en español
• Scatman John Everybody Jam!
• Sepulture: Roots
• Shakira: Feet barefoot (1995) (13 February)
• Ska-P: The waltz of the worker
• Slayer: Undisputed attitude
• Soda Stereo: Comfort and music to fly
• Pastorutti Soledad: Wind
• Soundgarden: Down on the upside
• Soraya: In tonight
• Spice Girls: Spice
• Mr. Chinarro: Compito
• Steve Vai: Fire garden
• Sting: Mercury falling
• Sublime: Sublime
• Tatiana: Brinca! and Christmas with Tatiana
• Toni Braxton: Secrets
• Tool: Ænima
• The Cranberries: To the faithful departed
• The Beach Boys: Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
• The Beatles: Anthology Vol. II
• The Beatles: Anthology Vol. III
• The Fugees: The score
• The Ramones: Bye.
• The Rasmus: Peep
• Type O Negative: October Rust
• 2Pac: The Don Killuminati: The Seven Day Theory
• 2Pac: All Eyez on Me
• Underworld: Second toughest in the infants
• Vader: Future of the past
• Van Halen: Best of Van Halen (Volume I).
• Vico C: With power
• Weezer: Pinkerton
• X Japan: Dahlia

Television

• The television series is no longer broadcast worldwide The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.
• September 8: The U.S. Channel Nickelodeon Reveals the Blue Tracks Series on Nick Jr. Channel.

Video games

• Nintendo takes out its Nintendo 64 console in Japan and the United States.
• Videogames company Naughty Dog brings out the first videogame of the famous PS1 saga: Crash Bandicoot.
• Nintendo released the first video game of Mario in 3D: Super Mario 64.
• Nintendo takes out the sequel to the Super Mario Kart game in Japan: Mario Kart 64.
• SEGA unfortunately announces the cancellation of Sonic X-treme.

Awards

Nobel laureates

• Physics: David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson.
• Chemistry: Robert Curl, Harold Kroto, Richard Smalley.
• Medicine: Peter C Doherty, Rolf M. Zinkernagel.
• Literature: Wisława Szymborska.
• Paz: Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta.
• Economy: James Mirrlees, William Vickrey.

Prince of Asturias Awards

• Arts: Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre.
• Social Sciences: John Elliott.
• Communication and Humanities: Indro Montanelli and Julián Marías Aguilera.
• Concordia: Adolfo Suárez.
• International cooperation: Helmut Kohl.
• Sports: Carl Lewis.
• Scientific and Technical Research: Valentín Fuster Carulla.
• Letters: Francisco Umbral.

Cervantes Award

• José García Nieto.