What died in 1996

3 endings on file for 1996. Longest run first. Dates coarser than a day are shown at the precision the sources support.

  1. Burger Chef1957 → 1996 · Places & Institutions · Killed by mergerabout 38 years
  2. Atari JaguarNovember 1993 → 1996 · Consumer Hardware · Killed by indifferenceabout 2 years
  3. Virtual Boy1995 → 1996 · Consumer Hardware · Killed by indifferenceabout 11 months

Launched in 1996

Things born this year that are now in the archive.

  • Adobe Flash Playerlasted about 24 years, until 31 December 2020
  • ICQlasted about 27 years, until 26 June 2024
  • Surgelasted about 7 years, until 2003

The whole ledger, year by year, is on the timeline.