What day of the week was February 18, 2001?

The day of the week February 18th, 2001 fell on was a Sunday.

Balthus the French painter (b. 1908) died on this day in 2001. As did Dale Earnhardt the American race car driver (b. 1951) , Eddie Mathews the American baseball player (b. 1931) .

FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500. Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit the Indonesia, that will ultimately result in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.