CSS through the ages - The Genesis

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The 1996 Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, marking the 100th Anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. Dolly the Sheep became the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell. Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, became a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon.

And in 1996, the first version of CSS specification is published. The standard contains specification to select font style,size and color

The standard allowed the user to select font style and size and change the colour of the text and background.

  DIV P           { font: small sans-serif }
  .reddish H1     { color: red }
#x78y CODE      { background: blue }
  DIV.sidenote H1 { font-size: large }