About the day » Wednesday May 8, 1996Calender converter

• Charella van Rooij, Almere, Flevoland, Nederland
• Rick Bolsius, Tilburg
• Rick Aarts, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Danielle Bolsius, Tilburg
• Rik Aarts, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Cornelia Dekker (76)
• Bertram Edward Henderson (85)
• Antoinette Turbide (80), Jonquière, Québec, Canada
• Arnoldus Vermeer (89), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Betje Durks Munstra (92), De Wilp, Marum
• Agneta Emelina Françoise Westmaas (89), Lelystad, Flevoland (Nederland)
• Christine BECKS (95)
• Clarence Christian Rueben Hirning (81), Lodi, San Joaquin Co., CA
• Berendina Wilhelmina Slijkhuis (91)
• Berendina Wilhelmina Slijkhuis (91)

• 1989 » Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
• 1989 » Liam Bridcutt, English footballer
• 1990 » Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 1991 » Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
• 1991 » Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 » Valentijn Lietmeijer, Dutch basketball player
• 1992 » Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
• 1996 » 6ix9ine, American rapper
• 2001 » Jordyn Huitema, Canadian soccer player

• 1993 » Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1994 » George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 1995 » Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
• 1996 » Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1996 » Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Larry Levis, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1946)
• 1996 » Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Charles Rebozo, American banker and businessman (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Dirk Bogarde, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)

• 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 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
• April 24 » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
• May 10 » A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
• October 2 » The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• December 10 » The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

The temperature on May 8, 1996 was between 3.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.