What day of the week was February 28, 2001?

The day of the week February 28th, 2001 fell on was a Wednesday.

The Nisqually Earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle the Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington. Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.