What day of the week was August 3, 1997?

The day of the week August 3rd, 1997 fell on was a Sunday.

Pietro Rizzuto the Canadian politician (b. 1934) died on this day in 1997.

Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed the 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.