No, it was not. We often thing that all years that are multiples of 4 are leap years, but there are two exceptions to the general rule. 1. Century years - year numbers divisible by 100 - are NOT leap...
1996, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1976, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1960, 1956, 1952, 1948, 1944, 1940, 1936, 1932, 1928, 1924, 1920, 1916, 1912, 1908, 1904, 1900 was not a leap year because of it was a multiple...