What day of the week was July 1, 2006?

The day of the week July 1st, 2006 fell on was a Saturday.

Ryutaro Hashimoto the Japanese politician, 53rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937) died on this day in 2006. As did Robert Lepikson the Estonian race car driver and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (b. 1952) , Fred Trueman the English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1931) .

The first operation of Qinghai–Tibet Railway in China.