What day of the week was March 2, 2012?

The day of the week March 2nd, 2012 fell on was a Friday.

Lawrence Anthony the South African environmentalist, explorer, and author (b. 1950) died on this day in 2012. As did Van T. Barfoot the American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919) , George Firestone the American politician (b. 1931) , Doug Furnas the American wrestler (b. 1959) , Gary Kubly the American pastor and politician (b. 1943) , Norman St John-Stevas the Baron St John of Fawsley, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1929) , James Q. Wilson the American political scientist and academic (b. 1931) , Isagani Yambot the Filipino journalist and publisher (b. 1934) .