What day of the week was February 11, 1978?

The day of the week February 11th, 1978 fell on was a Saturday.

James Bryant Conant the American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (b. 1893) died on this day in 1978. As did Harry Martinson the Swedish sailor and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) .

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