October 16th (1996) was a Wednesday. It's the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 76 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 16th October, 1996
» 84 people are killed and more than 180 injured as 47,000 association football called football fans attempt to squeeze into the 36,000-seat 'Estadio Mateo Flores' in Guatemala City.