What day of the week was January 9, 1996?

The day of the week January 9th, 1996 fell on was a Tuesday.

Walter M. Miller the Jr., American author (b. 1923) died on this day in 1996.

First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan the which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.