What day of the week was January 1, 2006?

The day of the week January 1st, 2006 fell on was a Sunday.

Dawn Lake the Australian comedian, actress, and singer (b. 1927) died on this day in 2006. As did Harry Magdoff the American journalist (b. 1913) , Hugh McLaughlin the Irish publisher and inventor, invented the Water hog (b. 1918) .