What Happened on May 6, 1996

• Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
• Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM
• The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

• Frank Hercules, Trinidadian-American novelist (On Leaving Paradise; Sunrise at Midnight), and teacher, dies at 85
• Geoffrey Dawes, English physiologist (fetal and neonatal physiology), dies at 78
• Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
• Joseph Stone, American lawyer, Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, and labor arbitrator, dies at 79
• Leo Joseph Suenens, Belgian Roman Catholic cardinal (Second Vatican Council), dies at 91
• Michael Gerzon, British mathematician and audio pioneer (Ambisonics), dies at 50

Holidays: May Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
• #1 Song: Fastlove - George Michael