What day of the week was October 17, 2012?

The day of the week October 17th, 2012 fell on was a Wednesday.

Milija Aleksic the English-South African footballer (b. 1951) died on this day in 2012. As did Émile Allais the French skier (b. 1912) , Henry Friedlander the German-American historian and author (b. 1930) , Bandya Kakade the Indian footballer (b. 1945) , Stanford R. Ovshinsky the American scientist and businessman, co- founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922) , Kōji Wakamatsu the Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) .