What day of the week was February 17, 1982?

The day of the week February 17th, 1982 fell on was a Wednesday.

Nestor Chylak the American baseball player and umpire (b. 1922) died on this day in 1982. As did Thelonious Monk the American pianist and composer (b. 1917) , Lee Strasberg the Austrian-American actor and director (b. 1901) .