What day of the week was January 17, 1996?

The day of the week January 17th, 1996 fell on was a Wednesday.

Amber Hagerman the American kidnapped victim, inspired the AMBER Alert system (b. 1986) died on this day in 1996. As did Barbara Jordan the American politician (b. 1936) , Mostafa Sid Ahmed the Sudanese singer (b. 1953) .

The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.