What day of the week was August 17, 1970?

The day of the week August 17th, 1970 fell on was a Monday.

Rattana Pestonji the Thai director and producer (b. 1908) died on this day in 1970.

Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).