Born in 1996

£1 in 1996 would be worth approximately £2.10 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1996 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 13 January – National Union of Mineworkers' leader Arthur Scargill announces that he is defecting from the Labour Party to set up his own Socialist Labour Party.
• 4 February – The first two passenger train operating companies begin operation of their service franchises as part of the privatisation of British Rail: South West Trains (part of the Stagecoach Group) and Great Western Trains (management buyout).
• 17 March – Legoland Windsor opens its doors for the public. It becomes the second Legoland in Europe.
• 2 May – The Conservatives lose 578 seats in local council elections, while Labour increases its total number of councillors nationally to almost 11,000.
• 15 June – England and Scotland meet for the first time in a major football tournament when they play their group match at Euro '96. England win the match (played at Wembley) 2–0.
• 16 June – Launch of The Planet on Sunday, a new Sunday tabloid focusing on environmental issues. Publication of the newspaper ceases after one edition because the owner is unhappy with its content.
• 4 September – BBC2 shows the first episode of lifestyle reality television show Changing Rooms.
• 18 November – Channel Tunnel fire: The Channel Tunnel is closed when a truck on a transporter wagon catches fire, disrupting Eurotunnel Shuttle and Eurostar services.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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