What day of the week was January 3, 2002?

The day of the week January 3rd, 2002 fell on was a Thursday.

Juan García Esquivel the Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918) died on this day in 2002. As did Freddy Heineken the Dutch businessman (b. 1923) , Satish Dhawan the Indian engineer (b.1920) .

Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A Affair|Karine A in the Red Sea the finding 50 tons of weapons.