What day of the week was May 10, 1997?

The day of the week May 10th, 1997 fell on was a Saturday.

Joan Weston the American roller derby skater (b. 1935) died on this day in 1997.

A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province the killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes. The Maeslantkering the a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.