What day of the week was January 18, 1997?

The day of the week January 18th, 1997 fell on was a Saturday.

Paul Tsongas the American politician (b. 1941) died on this day in 1997. As did Adriana Caselotti the American voice actress and singer (b. 1916) .

In northwest Rwanda the Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. Børge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.