What day of the week was January 21, 1959?

The day of the week January 21st, 1959 fell on was a Wednesday.

Alex McLeish the Scottish footballer and manager was born on 21 January in 1959.

Cecil B. DeMille the American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881) died on this day in 1959. As did Carl Switzer the American actor (b. 1927) .