What day of the week was January 7, 1968?

The day of the week January 7th, 1968 fell on was a Sunday.

J.L.B. Smith the South African chemist (b. 1897) died on this day in 1968. As did Gholamreza Takhti the Iranian wrestler (b. 1930) .

Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7 the the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.