What day of the week was December 9, 1996?

The day of the week December 9th, 1996 fell on was a Monday.

There were 16 days until Christmas.

Patty Donahue the American singer-songwriter (The Waitresses) (b. 1956) died on this day in 1996. As did Mary Leakey the English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913) , Alain Poher the French politician, President of France (b. 1909) , Diana Morgan the Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908) .