What day of the week was August 20, 2006?

The day of the week August 20th, 2006 fell on was a Sunday.

Claude Blanchard the Canadian singer and actor (b. 1932) died on this day in 2006. As did Bryan Budd the Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977) , Joe Rosenthal the American photographer (b. 1911) , Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah the Sri Lankan journalist and politician .