What day of the week was July 8, 2011?

The day of the week July 8th, 2011 fell on was a Friday.

Roberts Blossom the American actor and poet (b. 1924) died on this day in 2011. As did Mary Fenech Adami the Maltese wife of Eddie Fenech Adami (b. 1933) , Betty Ford the American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1918) .

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.