1996

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All events that happened in 1996.

January

• 7th: "Team Homer" aired for the first time.
• 14th: "Two Bad Neighbors" aired for the first time.

February

• 3rd: Audrey Meadows, an actress and guest star, died.
• 4th: "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" aired for the first time.
• 11th: "Bart the Fink" aired for the first time.
• 18th: "Lisa the Iconoclast" aired for the first time.
• 25th: "Homer the Smithers" aired for the first time.

March

• 15th: Homer Groening, the father of Matt Groening, died.
• 17th: "The Day the Violence Died" aired for the first time.
• 24th: "A Fish Called Selma" aired for the first time.
• 31st: "Bart on the Road" aired for the first time.

April

• 14th: "22 Short Films About Springfield" aired for the first time.
• 17th: Constantin Mustatea, an animator, died.
• 28th: "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" aired for the first time.

May

• 5th: "Much Apu About Nothing" aired for the first time.
• 19th: "Homerpalooza" aired for the first time.
  "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" aired for the first time.
  Season 7 ended.

June

• 1st: The Simpsons Cartoon Studio was released.

July

• 13th: Tom Coppola, a layout artist, died.

October

• 27th: Season 8 started.
  "Treehouse of Horror VII" aired for the first time.

November

• 3rd: "You Only Move Twice" aired for the first time.
• 10th: "The Homer They Fall" aired for the first time.
• 17th: "Burns, Baby Burns" aired for the first time.
• 24th: "Bart After Dark" aired for the first time.
• 24th: The Simpsons Have Landed aired in the UK.

December

• 1st: "A Milhouse Divided" aired for the first time.
• 15th: "Lisa's Date with Density" aired for the first time.
• 29th: "Hurricane Neddy" aired for the first time.