What day of the week was December 18, 1999?

The day of the week December 18th, 1999 fell on was a Saturday.

There were 7 days until Christmas.

Robert Bresson the French director and screenwriter (b. 1901) died on this day in 1999.

NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments the including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.