▸ the year you arrived
1996
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You will be 30 this year — a child of the '90s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top 10 of 1996
- 1
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
Los del Río
- 2
One Sweet Day (feat. Boyz II Men)
Mariah Carey
- 3
Because You Loved Me
Céline Dion
- 4
Nobody Knows
The Tony Rich Project
- 5
Always Be My Baby
Mariah Carey
- 6
Give Me One Reason
Tracy Chapman
- 7
Tha Crossroads
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- 8
I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
- 9
You're Makin' Me High
Toni Braxton
- 10
Twisted
Keith Sweat
Your stats
Your generation
Millennial
1996 belonged to
Mariah Carey
3 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Back in 1996, the day could start with Rugrats, drift into a Kudos bar, and end with you about to trade Pogs at recess.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Doug👕 tee →
- Rugrats👕 tee →
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- X-Men👕 tee →
- Batman: The Animated Series👕 tee →
- Animaniacs👕 tee →
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Spider-Man👕 tee →
- Hey Arnold!
📰 Headlines
- Clinton re-elected
- Atlanta Olympic Park bombing
- TWA Flight 800 crash
- Unabomber arrested
- Dolly the sheep cloned
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Nintendo 64 launches
- USB standard introduced
- Palm Pilot debuts
- Motorola StarTAC flip phone
- Hotmail launches
🏆 Sports
- Yankees win the World Series
- Bulls win the title (72-10 season)
- Cowboys win Super Bowl XXX
- Avalanche win the Stanley Cup
- Atlanta Summer Olympics
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Tickle Me Elmo craze
- The Macarena
- Tamagotchi (Japan)
- Beanie Babies
- Independence Day blockbuster
👖 Clothes
- JNCO jeans rising
- Slip dresses
- Spice Girls platforms
- Frosted tips
- Windbreakers
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 32¢
- Gas: ~$1.23/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.42
- Median new home: ~$140,000
- Milk: ~$2.79/gal
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- 3D Doritos
- Cheetos Paws
- Planters P.B. Crisps
- Planters Cheez Balls🛒 grab some →
🥤 In the fridge
- Clearly Canadian🛒 grab some →
- Snapple🛒 grab some →
- Fruitopia
- Arizona Iced Tea🛒 grab some →
- Mistic
- All Sport
- Gatorade Frost🛒 grab some →
- SunnyD🛒 grab some →
- Squeezit
- Crystal Pepsi
How well do you remember 1996?
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💬 Memories from 1996
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