1996

The year 1996 AD.
==Events==
* February 22: The current rules for the election of the pope are first stated in Universi Dominici Gregis, published by Pope John Paul II on 22 February 1996.
* October 22: In a Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Evolution, Pope John Paul II updates the Catholic Church calls evolution "more than a hypothesis"
* The Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture (CSC), formerly known as the Center for Renewal of Science and Culture, isfounded to promote the theory of Intelligent Design 
* The Rastafari movement worldwide was given consultative status by the United Nations. 
==Births and Deaths==
==See also==
* 20th century
Category:20th century