What day of the week was August 6, 2005?

The day of the week August 6th, 2005 fell on was a Saturday.

Keter Betts the American bassist (b. 1928) died on this day in 2005. As did Robin Cook the Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946) , Ibrahim Ferrer the Cuban singer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927) .