Al Jazeera launched
1996 · Event
Emir Hamad bin Khalifa funds an Arabic satellite news channel that transforms Arab media and Qatar's influence.
On these timelines: The Arab Spring, Master, The Digital Revolution
More from The Arab Spring
- Arab Spring (2010)
- Death of Gaddafi (2011)
- Sisi's coup closes the Egyptian spring (2013)
- The Pearl Roundabout crushed (2011)
- Yemen rises against Saleh (2011)
- Qatar diplomatic crisis (2017)
Around 1996
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)