Fatto generale: 196 is the length in miles of the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad.
Fatto matematico: 196 is a heptagonal pyramidal number.
Trivia: 196 is the height of Mount Victoria, Wellington, a prominent hill near Wellington, New Zealand.
Data storica: July 14th is the day in 1769 that an expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).