What day of the week was March 4, 1986?

The day of the week March 4th, 1986 fell on was a Tuesday. There were 26 days until Easter Sunday.

Howard Greenfield the American songwriter (b. 1936) died on this day in 1986. As did Albert L. Lehninger the American biochemist (b. 1917) , Edward MacLysaght the Irish genealogist (b. 1887) , Richard Manuel the Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (The Band and The Revols) (b. 1943) , Elizabeth Smart the Canadian poet and author (b. 1913) , John Spence the English politician (b. 1920) .

The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.