▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1996
Middle School
1989–1991Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1992–1996The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1994–1996Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1996–2000Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
30-year reunion
2026
Generation
Xennial
You'd be about
48
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
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 Class of 1996?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1996
No memories here yet — be the first to leave one.
📸 Your Class of 1996 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1996 gear
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