What day of the week was May 11, 1996?

The day of the week May 11th, 1996 fell on was a Saturday.

Nnamdi Azikiwe the Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904) died on this day in 1996. As did Rodney Culver the American football player (b. 1969) , Rob Hall the New Zealand mountaineer (b. 1961) , Walter Hyatt the American singer-songwriter (Uncle Walt's Band) (b. 1949) , Candi Kubeck the American captain and pilot (b. 1961) , Ademir Marques de Menezes the Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1922) , Yasuko Namba the Japanese mountaineer (b. 1949) , Sam Ragan the American journalist and author (b. 1915) .

After the aircraft's departure from Miami the Florida, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta- bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board. The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.