What day of the week was March 12, 2011?

The day of the week March 12th, 2011 fell on was a Saturday.

Olive Dickason the Canadian historian (b. 1920) died on this day in 2011. As did Joe Morello the American drummer (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (b. 1923) , Nilla Pizzi the Italian singer (b. 1919) .

A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.