What day of the week was January 23, 1986?

The day of the week January 23rd, 1986 fell on was a Thursday.

Joseph Beuys the German sculptor (b. 1921) died on this day in 1986.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard the Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.