What day of the week was January 17, 2008?

The day of the week January 17th, 2008 fell on was a Thursday.

Bobby Fischer the American chess player and author (b. 1943) died on this day in 2008. As did Ernie Holmes the American football player (b. 1948) , Allan Melvin the American actor (b. 1923) , Carlos the French singer and actor (b. 1943) .

British Airways Flight 38 crash lands just short of London Heathrow Airport in England with no fatalities. It is the first complete hull loss of a Boeing 777.