What day of the week was April 1, 1997?

The day of the week April 1st, 1997 fell on was a Tuesday.

Norman Carr the English environmentalist (b. 1912) died on this day in 1997. As did Makar Honcharenko the Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912) .

Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.