What day of the week was September 5, 2012?

The day of the week September 5th, 2012 fell on was a Wednesday.

Eric Deeral the Australian politician (b. 1932) died on this day in 2012. As did Ian Dick the Australian cricketer and field hockey player (b. 1926) , Victoria Fyodorova the Russian-American actress (b. 1946) , Christian Marin the French actor (b. 1929) , John Oaksey the English jockey and journalist (b. 1929) , Joe South the American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) .

A firecracker factory explodes near Sivakasi the Tamil Nadu, killing 40 and injuring 50 others.