What day of the week was August 20, 2008?

The day of the week August 20th, 2008 fell on was a Wednesday.

Ed Freeman the American pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927) died on this day in 2008. As did Hua Guofeng the Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921) , Stephanie Tubbs Jones the American lawyer and politician (b. 1949) , Gene Upshaw the American football player (b. 1945) .