96 may refer to:
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96 (number)
96 (ninety-six) is the natural number following 95 (number), 95 and preceding 97 (number), 97. It is a number that Strobogrammatic number, appears the same when turned upside down.
In mathematics
96 is:
* an octagonal number.
* a refactorable nu ...
* one of the years
96 BC,
AD 96
AD 96 ( XCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valens and Vetus (or, less frequently, year 849 ''Ab urbe condita''). The de ...
,
1996,
2096
In contemporary history, the third millennium of the anno Domini or Common Era in the Gregorian calendar is the current millennium spanning the years 2001 to 3000 (21st century, 21st to 30th century, 30th centuries). Ongoing futures studies se ...
, etc.
Places
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Ninety Six, South Carolina
Ninety Six is a town in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,998 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Ninety Six is located in eastern Greenwood County at (34.173211, -82.021710). South Carolina Highway 34 passes through ...
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Ninety-Six District, a former judicial district in the Carolinas, USA
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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six National Historic Site, also known as Old Ninety Six and Star Fort, is a United States National Historic Site located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south of Greenville, South Carolina. The historic site was listed on the National R ...
, in Ninety Six, South Carolina
Music
* The song "
96 Tears" by garage rock band Question Mark and the Mysterians
* "96", a song by
Uverworld
Uverworld (stylized as UVERworld) is a Japanese rock band consisting of six members and originating from Kusatsu, Shiga. They have released eleven studio albums and over thirty singles and have sold over three million records worldwide.
"Uverwo ...
, a Japanese band.
* "
96 Quite Bitter Beings
"96 Quite Bitter Beings" is the debut single by American rock band CKY. Written by the band's lead vocalist and guitarist Deron Miller, it was produced by the band's lead guitarist and backing vocalist Chad I Ginsburg and featured as the opening ...
", a song recorded by rock band CKY
Sports
* The
2000 World Series
The 2000 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2000 season. The 96th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between crosstown opponents, the two-time defending World Series champions and ...
, between the New York Yankees and New York Mets was the 96th Fall Classic
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Bill Voiselle, a pitcher for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Chicago Cubs, wore #96 — thus his nickname was "Ninety Six"
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Hannover 96, a German football club nicknamed "96"
Science
* Atomic number 96:
curium
* In astronomy:
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Messier 96
Messier 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.
Observational history and appearance
It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1781. After ...
, a magnitude 10.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo
** The
New General Catalogue object
NGC 96
NGC commonly refers to:
* New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy
NGC may also refer to:
Companies
* NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998
* Nati ...
, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
** The
Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began in July 94 and ended in August 1374
** The Saros number of the
lunar eclipse series which began in May 432 and ended in June 1712
Other uses
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96'' (film)
* 96
dpi
A Daytona Prototype International (DPi) was a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the International Motor Sports Association's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as their top class of car, acting as a direct replaceme ...
, the standard resolution of the monitor of an IBM-compatible computer running Microsoft Windows
* The number of surat
Al-Alaq
Al-ʻAlaq or The Clot ( ar, العلق, ''al-ʻalaq'', also known as "The Clinging Thing" or "The Embryo"), is the 96th chapter ( sūrah) of the Qur'an. It is composed of 19 '' āyāt'' or verses. It is sometimes also known as Sūrat Iqrā ( ...
in the Qur'an
* The
96th Infantry Division (United States) In military terms, 96th Division or 96th Infantry Division may refer to:
; Infantry divisions :
* 96th Infantry Division (German Empire)
* 96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
* 96th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
* 96th Infantry Division (Uni ...
was a unit of the United States Army in World War II
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96th Street (Manhattan)
* The
96th United States Congress
The 96th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 197 ...
met January 1979 to January 1981 during the last two years of President Jimmy Carter's administration
* ''
Class of '96
''Class of '96'' is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto.
Synopsis
The series focused on seven students at Havenhurst College ...
'' was a short-lived Fox drama series which aired in 1993
* According to
Gurdjieff
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (; rus, Гео́ргий Ива́нович Гурджи́ев, r=Geórgy Ivánovich Gurdzhíev, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪd͡ʑ ɡʊrd͡ʐˈʐɨ(j)ɪf; hy, Գեորգի Իվանովիչ Գյուրջիև; c. 1 ...
's Fourth Way symbolism, the number of the Moon level
* The designation of American
Interstate 96
Interstate 96 (I-96) is an east–west Interstate Highway that runs for approximately entirely within the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is at an interchange with US Highway 31 (US 31) and Bu ...
, a freeway in Michigan
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Mars 96
Mars 96 (sometimes called Mars-8) was a failed Mars mission launched in 1996 to investigate Mars by the Russian Space Forces and not directly related to the Soviet Mars probe program of the same name. After failure of the second fourth-stage ...
was a Russian orbiter launched in 1996
* Four
New York City Subway stops along 96th Street in Manhattan:
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96th Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) 96th Street may refer to:
*96th Street (Manhattan)
*96th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
*96th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
*96th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
*96th Street (IND Second Avenue Line)
The 96th Street station is ...
, serving the trains
**
96th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line), serving the trains
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96th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), serving the trains
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96th Street (IND Second Avenue Line); under construction
* An Australian soap opera, ''
Number 96
96 (ninety-six) is the natural number following 95 and preceding 97. It is a number that appears the same when turned upside down.
In mathematics
96 is:
* an octagonal number.
* a refactorable number.
* an untouchable number.
* a semiperfe ...
''.
* The
Saab 96
The Saab 96 is an automobile manufactured and marketed by Saab from 1960 to January 1980, replacing the 93. The 96 featured aerodynamic two-door bodywork, four-passenger seating and at first a two-stroke, three-cylinder engine, later a four-stro ...
car produced from 1960 to 1966
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STS-96
STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'', and the first shuttle flight to dock at the International Space Station. The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, ...
Space Shuttle Discovery Mission launched May 27, 1999
* , a German U-boat during World War II and subject of the film ''Das Boot''
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Windows 96
Nashville (previously ''Cleveland'')Comes v. Microsoft 3208 was the codename for a cancelled release of Microsoft Windows scheduled to be released in 1996, between "Chicago" (Windows 95) and "Memphis" (Windows 98, at the time scheduled for releas ...
See also
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List of highways numbered
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