What Happened in Nov 1996

Bubsy 3D is Released for the Playstation

Bubsy 3D uses the third-person, behind-the-character view as seen in Mario 64 and Tomb Raider. Only here it's combined with mundane... Read more

eToys is Founded

We are the leading Web-based retailer focused exclusively on children's products, including toys, video games, software, videos and music. We... Read more

Street Fighter EX is Released

Street Fighter EX is a head-to-head fighting game with 3D graphics, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Sony ZN hardware in... Read more

Yngwie Malmsteen Releases "Inspiration"

Inspiration is an album released by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen issued in 1996. It consists entirely of cover versions of various influences. The... Read more

"The Checks" - Season 8 Episode 7 of Seinfeld First Airs

"The Checks" is the 141st episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 7th episode for the 8th season. It aired on November 7, 1996. Plot... Read more

Snoop Dogg Releases Album "Tha Doggfather"

Tha Doggfather is Snoop Doggy Dogg's follow up to his debut album Doggystyle, released by Death Row Records in 1996. The album was re-released July... Read more

Snoop Dogg Releases Single "Tha Doggfather"

Tha Doggfather is Snoop Doggy Dogg's follow up to his debut album Doggystyle, released by Death Row Records in 1996. The album was re-released July... Read more

Cathedral release Supernatural Birth Machine

Supernatural Birth Machine is Cathedral's fourth album released on November 12, 1996 by Earache Records. Read more

Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Air Kazakhstan Flight 1907 Collide in Mid-Air

The 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision occurred on 12 November 1996 when Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 (SVA 763), a Boeing 747-168B en route... Read more

"The Chicken Roaster" - Season 8 Episode 8 of Seinfeld First Airs

"The Chicken Roaster" is the 142nd episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 8th episode for the 8th season. It aired on November 14,... Read more

"The English Patient" Is Released

The English Patient is a 1996 film adaptation of the novel by the same name by Michael Ondaatje. The film, directed by Anthony Minghella, won nine... Read more

Space Jam Is Released

Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated film starring Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny (voiced by Billy West), Daffy Duck (voiced by Dee... Read more

Michael Jackson marries Debbie Rowe

During the Australian leg of the HIStory World Tour, Jackson married dermatologist nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe, who bore him two children, a son,... Read more

Garley Building Fire

The death toll in Hong Kong's worst building fire rose to 39 yesterday, as it was revealed that a welder's spark was most probably to blame for the... Read more

"The Abstinence" - Season 8 Episode 9 of Seinfeld Premiers

"The Abstinence" is the 143rd episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. This was the 9th episode for the 8th season. It was originally broadcast on... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is Hijacked

''I pushed back my trolley and told the other girl to stop serving drinks,'' she said today. ''The terrorists said for everyone to be seated. They... Read more

FDA Approves Eisai Inc's Aricept

Aricept improves the function of nerve cells in the brain. It works by preventing the breakdown of a chemical called acetylcholine. People with... Read more

The Smashing Pumpkins release The Aeroplane Flies High

The Aeroplane Flies High is a five-disc box set released by The Smashing Pumpkins in 1996. It contains expanded versions of the five singles from... Read more

Sepultura release The Roots of Sepultura

The Roots of Sepultura is a double-disc album by Sepultura, released in November 1996. It was a collection of unreleased tracks, b-sides, alternate... Read more

Tiny Tim Dies

Toward the end of his life, Tiny Tim became a fixture at "Spooky World", an annual Halloween-themed exposition in Massachusetts, just outside... Read more