What day of the week was August 23, 2012?

The day of the week August 23rd, 2012 fell on was a Thursday.

Col Campbell the New Zealand radio and television host (b. 1933) died on this day in 2012. As did Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang the Taiwanese bishop (b. 1915) , Jean-Luc Delarue the French television host and producer (b. 1964) , Aubrey Dunn the Sr., American politician (b. 1928) , James Fogle the American author (b. 1936) , Byard Lancaster the American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1942) , Edith Mastenbroek the Dutch politician (b. 1975) , Bob Myrick the American baseball player (b. 1952) , Merv Neagle the Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958) , Jerry Nelson the American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934) , Josepha Sherman the American anthologist and author (b. 1946) , Steve Van Buren the American football player (b. 1920) .