What day of the week was August 6, 2009?

The day of the week August 6th, 2009 fell on was a Thursday.

Riccardo Cassin the Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909) died on this day in 2009. As did Willy DeVille the American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mink DeVille) (b. 1950) , John Hughes the American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950) , Willibrordus S. Rendra the Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935) .