What day of the week was January 18, 1978?

The day of the week January 18th, 1978 fell on was a Wednesday.

Hasan Askari the Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919) died on this day in 1978. As did Carl Betz the American actor (b. 1921) , Walter H. Thompson the English bodyguard (b. 1890) .

The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland the but not guilty of torture. The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.