Website design By BotEap.comBreakdown of 1996 into the biggest news, sports and entertainment events; This is what happened…

Website design By BotEap.comTwo tragedies struck the hearts of Britons in 1996, the nation’s sympathies turned to the people of Dunblane and Manchester. In Dunblane, a crazed gunman shot up a local nursery school, killing an entire class and their teacher. Later in the year, as a direct response to these unfortunate events, the Government announced that it would ban almost all firearms in the UK.

Website design By BotEap.comIn Manchester, a huge bomb devastated its busy central shopping area just as it was filling up with eager shoppers on Saturdays. Police managed to start an evacuation before it exploded, but dozens of people were still killed or injured in the blast. Such was the damage caused, that the episode caused a total regeneration of the center of the city of Manchester.

Website design By BotEap.comAlso making the news in ’96 was the introduction of the first genetically modified (or GM) food to go on sale in British supermarkets. Modified tomato puree was the cause of all the fuss, with some critics calling it “Frankenstein food.”

Website design By BotEap.comThe world of sport was dominated by England as the host of the European football championships (Euro ’96). The group stage match between England and Scotland attracted a lot of attention with Gazza’s marvelous goal ultimately stealing victory from the home team. Buoyed by local support, the ‘Three Lions’ made it all the way to the semi-finals, the nation going football mad as it looked like England were truly going to win a major tournament for the first time since ’66, then, as really should have been expected, they lost on penalties to Germany.

Website design By BotEap.comWhen it comes to entertainment, Chris Evans reinvented the chat show format with his hit show ‘TFI Friday’. Featuring celebrity gossip, the hottest bands and friendly guests, this chaotic unscripted show briefly made Evans the most wanted man on television. . On the BBC, a group of lawyers in their thirties were getting big ratings; ‘This Life’ is a bit like American ‘Friends’ but with much more ‘bad’ behavior and cheeky stuff.

Website design By BotEap.comThe big screen was blessed with one of the jewels in the British cinematic crown, ‘Trainspotting’. Despite featuring heroin, needles, vomit, and disgusting toilets, this was the coolest thing of the year and brought Ewan McGregor from nowhere to ‘Star Wars.’ The most family-friendly movie of 1996 was ‘Toy Story’; being the first feature film animated entirely by computer. The results were pretty amazing and people flocked to see ‘Woody’ (a rope-pulling cowboy) and ‘Buzz Lightyear’ (a high-tech space ranger) battle it out to become little Andy’s favorite toy.