What day of the week was January 15, 2012?

The day of the week January 15th, 2012 fell on was a Sunday.

Mika Ahola the Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1974) died on this day in 2012. As did Ed Derwinski the American soldier and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926) , Manuel Fraga Iribarne the Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia (b. 1922) , Robert Freer the Indian-English air marshal (b. 1923) , Carlo Fruttero the Italian journalist and author (b. 1926) , Samuel Jaskilka the American general (b. 1919) , Ib Spang Olsen the Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921) , Hulett C. Smith the American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1918) .