What day of the week was August 13, 2008?

The day of the week August 13th, 2008 fell on was a Wednesday.

Sandy Allen the American actress (b. 1955) died on this day in 2008. As did Henri Cartan the French mathematician (b. 1904) , Bill Gwatney the American politician (b. 1959) , Dino Toso the Italian-Dutch engineer (b. 1969) , Jack Weil the American businessman (b. 1901) .

South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.