What day of the week was August 8, 2012?

The day of the week August 8th, 2012 fell on was a Wednesday.

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove the German- American physicist (b. 1926) died on this day in 2012. As did Hans R. Camenzind the Swiss engineer (b. 1934) , Ruth Etchells the English poet (b. 1931) , Sancho Gracia the Spanish actor (b. 1936) , Surya Lesmana the Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944) , Kurt Maetzig the German director and screenwriter (b. 1911) .