What day of the week was August 21, 2006?

The day of the week August 21st, 2006 fell on was a Monday.

Bismillah Khan the Indian shehnai player (b. 1916) died on this day in 2006. As did Paul Fentener van Vlissingen the Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) , S. Yizhar the Israeli author and politician (b. 1916) .