What day of the week was July 10, 1997?

The day of the week July 10th, 1997 fell on was a Thursday.

In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100 the000 to 200,000 years ago. Miguel Ángel Blanco the a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.