What day of the week was September 27, 1996?

The day of the week September 27th, 1996 fell on was a Friday.

Mohammad Najibullah the Afghan politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947) died on this day in 1996.

In Afghanistan the the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland the Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.