Fatto generale: 1096 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 1096 is the number of subsets of {1,2,3,...,14} that have a sum divisible by 15.
Trivia: 1096 is an uninteresting number.
Data storica: December 31st is the day in 1951 that the Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.