What day of the week was May 5, 2012?

The day of the week May 5th, 2012 fell on was a Saturday.

Surendranath the Indian cricketer (b. 1937) died on this day in 2012. As did Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1916) , Aatos Erkko the Finnish journalist (b. 1932) , George Knobel the Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922) , Roy Padayachie the South African politician (b. 1950) .