What day of the week was January 8, 2005?

The day of the week January 8th, 2005 fell on was a Saturday.

Campbell McComas the Australian comedian and actor (b. 1952) died on this day in 2005. As did Warren Spears the American choreographer and dancer (b. 1954) , Michel Thomas the Polish linguist (b. 1914) .

The nuclear sub collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed the but the sub surfaces and is repaired.