What day of the week was January 17, 2013?

The day of the week January 17th, 2013 fell on was a Thursday.

Mehmet Ali Birand the Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941) died on this day in 2013. As did Jakob Arjouni the German author (b. 1964) , Tissa Balasuriya the Sri Lankan priest and theologian (b. 1924) , Robert F. Chew the American actor (b. 1960) , Yves Debay the Belgian journalist (b. 1954) , Sophiya Haque the English actress and singer (b. 1971) , James Hood the American activist (b. 1942) , Homayoun Khorram the Iranian violinist and composer (b. 1930) , Fred J. Lincoln the American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1938) , Tony Martin the Trinidadian-American historian and academic (b. 1942) , Jack McCarthy the American poet (b. 1939) , John Nkomo the Zimbabwean politician, Vice President of Zimbabwe (b. 1934) , Lizbeth Webb the English soprano and actress (b. 1926) .