What day of the week was February 19, 1997?

The day of the week February 19th, 1997 fell on was a Wednesday.

Leo Rosten the Polish-American author and academic (b. 1908) died on this day in 1997. As did Deng Xiaoping the Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1904) , Frank Delfino the American actor (b. 1911) .