What day of the week was February 5, 1997?

The day of the week February 5th, 1997 fell on was a Wednesday.

Pamela Harriman the English- American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920) died on this day in 1997. As did René Huyghe the French historian and author (b. 1906) .

The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.