What day of the week was May 5, 2010?

The day of the week May 5th, 2010 fell on was a Wednesday.

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua the Nigerian politician, 12th president of Nigeria (b. 1951) died on this day in 2010. As did Giulietta Simionato the Italian soprano (b. 1910) .

Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.