What day of the week was August 1, 2012?

The day of the week August 1st, 2012 fell on was a Wednesday.

Joan Bernard the English academic (b. 1918) died on this day in 2012. As did Don Erickson the American baseball player (b. 1931) , Aldo Maldera the Italian footballer (b. 1953) , Riccardo Ruotolo the Italian bishop (b. 1928) , Abel Salinas the Peruvian politician (b. 1930) , Douglas Townsend the American composer (b. 1921) , Barry Trapnell the English cricketer and academic (b. 1924) , Keiko Tsushima the Japanese actress (b. 1926) .