What day of the week was August 17, 1988?

The day of the week August 17th, 1988 fell on was a Wednesday.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq the Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924) died on this day in 1988. As did Franklin Delano Roosevelt the Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914) , Victoria Shaw the Australian-American actress (b. 1935) .

President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul- Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.