Remember when? 20 years later - a look back at 1996 Published April 18, 2016 1:17pm PDT KTVU FOX 2 Hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by in Vegas (AP photo) A favorite California pasttime became legal - Prop 215, or the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 allowed marijuana for personal medical use. (AP photo).