What day of the week was October 16, 1996?

The day of the week October 16th, 1996 fell on was a Wednesday.

Eric Malpass the English author (b. 1910) died on this day in 1996.

84 people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47 the000 football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City.