What day of the week was May 17, 2002?

The day of the week May 17th, 2002 fell on was a Friday.

Dave Berg the American cartoonist (b. 1920) died on this day in 2002. As did László Kubala the Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927) , Aşık Mahzuni Şerif the Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940) , Sharon Sheeley the American songwriter (b. 1940) .