What day of the week was July 5, 2006?

The day of the week July 5th, 2006 fell on was a Wednesday.

Gert Fredriksson the Swedish canoe racer (b. 1919) died on this day in 2006. As did Thirunalloor Karunakaran the Indian poet and scholar (b. 1924) , Kenneth Lay the American businessman (b. 1942) , Amzie Strickland the American actress (b. 1919) , Don Lusher the English trombonist (b. 1923) .

North Korea tests four short- range missiles the one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly failed in mid-air over the Sea of Japan.