What day of the week was August 6, 2012?

The day of the week August 6th, 2012 fell on was a Monday.

Richard Cragun the American ballet dancer (b. 1944) died on this day in 2012. As did Marvin Hamlisch the American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944) , Robert Hughes the Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938) , Bernard Lovell the English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913) , Mark O'Donnell the American playwright (b. 1954) , Ruggiero Ricci the American violinist (b. 1918) , Dan Roundfield the American basketball player (b. 1953) , Eleftherios Veryvakis the Greek politician (b. 1935) .