What day of the week was August 5, 2002?

The day of the week August 5th, 2002 fell on was a Monday.

Chick Hearn the American sportscaster (b. 1916) died on this day in 2002. As did Franco Lucentini the Italian journalist and author (b. 1920) , Matt Robinson the American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937) .