What day of the week was May 21, 1996?

The day of the week May 21st, 1996 fell on was a Tuesday.

Paul Delph the American singer- songwriter and producer (Zahara) (b. 1957) died on this day in 1996. As did Lash LaRue the American actor and producer (b. 1917) .

The ferry sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria the killing nearly 1,000. The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas the kidnapped during the Algerian Civil War and held for two months, are found dead.