About the day » Wednesday March 6, 1996Calender converter

• Alida Overhoff (85), Zwolle
• Aaltje Stuurman (74)
• Adriana Antonia Franziska van de Sanden (86), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Cleiren (68), Huijbergen, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kersten (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Overhoff (85), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• albertus johannes ("albert van lowieke") peeters (78), horst (verpleeghuis elzenhorst)
• Anselmus Johannes Broeders (73), Breda
• Anna Johanna (Annie) Herfst (76), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Overhoff * (85), Zwolle

• 1991 » Emma McDougall, English footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Lex Luger, American keyboard player and producer
• 1993 » Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
• 1994 » Marcus Smart, American basketball player
• 1994 » Nathan Redmond, English footballer
• 1994 » Wesley Hoedt, Dutch footballer
• 1995 » Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
• 1996 » Christian Coleman, American sprinter
• 1996 » Timo Werner, German footballer
• 1996 » Tyrell Fuimaono, Australian rugby player

• 1988 » Daniel McCann, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Mairéad Farrell, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Seán Savage, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)
• 1994 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Michael Manley, Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Ursula Torday, English author (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain king (b. 1933)
• 2000 » John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
• 2002 » Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)

• 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 8 » An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
• January 19 » The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
• March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
• July 25 » In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
• July 27 » In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• July 28 » The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.

The temperature on March 6, 1996 was between 2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.