What day of the week was February 1, 2003?

The day of the week February 1st, 2003 fell on was a Saturday.

crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia died on this day in 2003. As did Mongo Santamarķa the Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922) .

Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' on mission STS-107 disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere the killing all seven astronauts aboard.