About the day » Sunday March 24, 1996Calender converter

• Arie Raatgever (87)
• Carel Bussink (57), Doetinchem
• Adrianus van Zundert (68), Amsterdam
• Berendina Hendrika Jannetta Hengeveld (65)
• Adriana Francisca Rewijk (83), Leiden, Netherlands
• Dominicus Driessen (77), Bemmel, Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theresia Handgraaf (50), Haarlem
• Arie Kuiper (67), Abcoude, Provincie Utrecht
• Anna BROWAEYS, Zegelsem
• Daam Pieters Siksma (64), Deersum, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland

• 1988 » Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete
• 1988 » Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1990 » Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor
• 1990 » Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
• 1990 » Lacey Evans, American wrestler
• 1990 » Starlin Castro, American baseball player
• 1991 » Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » Nick Browne, English cricketer
• 1995 » Enzo Fernandez, French-Spanish footballer

• 1990 » Ray Goulding, American comedian and radio host (b. 1922)
• 1991 » John Kerr, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1993 » John Hersey, American journalist and author (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Joseph Needham, English historian and academic (b. 1900)
• 1999 » Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German politician (b. 1902)
• 2001 » Muriel Young, English television host and producer (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Bob Said, American race car driver and bobsledder (b. 1932)
• 2002 » César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

1. Pieter
2. Thomas
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Robin
8. Michael
9. Jeroen
10. Johannes
11. Rick
12. Jasper
13. Mike
14. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Bart

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Emma
6. Kim
7. Lotte
8. Iris
9. Charlotte
10. Anne
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Naomi
16. Maria

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
• January 29 » President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
• January 31 » An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
• February 6 » Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
• May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
• October 2 » The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• December 22 » Airborne Express Flight 827 crashes near Narrows, Virginia, killing all six people on board.

The temperature on March 24, 1996 was between 3.8 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.