Similar to 第38回日本レコード大賞

Deaths in December 1996

1996 AFC Asian Cup

1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship

1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

STS-80

Ultimate Ultimate 1996

1996 Asian Junior Athletics Championships

1997 Qatar Open

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1090

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1091

1996 United Nations Secretary-General selection

First Congo War

Japanese embassy hostage crisis

Killing of JonBenét Ramsey

Soyuz TM-24

1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards