What day of the week was January 5, 2012?

The day of the week January 5th, 2012 fell on was a Thursday.

Gordon W. Bowie the American trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1945) died on this day in 2012. As did Don Carter the American bowler (b. 1926) , Samson H. Chowdhury the Bangladeshi businessman (b. 1926) , Thelma Forbes the Canadian politician (b. 1910) , Frederica Sagor Maas the American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1900) , Isaac Díaz Pardo the Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1920) , Amit Saigal the Indian publisher, founded the Rock Street Journal (b. 1965) , Alexander Sizonenko the Russian basketball player (b. 1959) .