What day of the week was August 15, 1971?

The day of the week August 15th, 1971 fell on was a Sunday.

Paul Lukas the Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887) died on this day in 1971.

President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.