What day of the week was May 5, 1972?

The day of the week May 5th, 1972 fell on was a Friday.

James Cracknell the English rower was born on 05 May in 1972.

Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo the Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.