1996

  • – Robert Hoskins

    is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill Madonna
  • Chris Isaak

    makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.
  • The Artist

    The Artist Formerly Known As Prince marries backup singer Mayte Garcia
  • Happy Gilmore

    A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
  • canadian singer wins grammy award

    Canadian singer Alanis Morissette wins the top honor, Album of the Year award, at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards.
  • google

    Google was born in 1996 but hardly anyone knew about it outside of Stanford.
  • The Beatles'

    second reunion song is released as part of their first reunion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is a finished version of "Real Love", a John Lennon demo from 1980.
  • Phil Collins

    announces that he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career.[
  • fan

    A 17-year old fan is crushed in the festival seating section at a concert by The Smashing Pumpkins in Dublin, Ireland, despite the presence of 110 security guards and repeated admonishments from the band telling the crowd to stop surging towards the stage
  • - Alice Cooper

    performs at Sammy Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. It was recorded and released the next year as a live album.