What day of the week was January 17, 2012?

The day of the week January 17th, 2012 fell on was a Tuesday.

Ernie Alexander the American educator and politician (b. 1933) died on this day in 2012. As did Aengus Fanning the Irish journalist (b. 1942) , Carlos Guirao the Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium) (b. 1954) , Julius Meimberg the German soldier and pilot (b. 1917) , Johnny Otis the American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921) , Piet Römer the Dutch actor and singer (b. 1928) , Marty Springstead the American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937) .