What day of the week was January 1, 2013?

The day of the week January 1st, 2013 fell on was a Tuesday.

Yuri Alexandrov the Russian boxer (b. 1963) died on this day in 2013. As did Lory Blanchard the New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1924) , Michael Patrick Cronan the American graphic designer (b. 1951) , Ross Davis the American baseball player (b. 1918) , Lloyd Hartman Elliott the American academic (b. 1918) , Allan Hancox the English-Kenyan judge, Chief Justice of Kenya (b. 1932) , Roz Howard the American race car driver (b. 1922) , Christopher Martin-Jenkins the English journalist (b. 1945) , Patti Page the American singer and actress (b. 1927) , Barbara Werle the American actress and singer (b. 1928) .

At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan the Ivory Coast.