What day of the week was July 20, 1982?

The day of the week July 20th, 1982 fell on was a Tuesday.

Okot p'Bitek the Ugandan poet and academic (b. 1931) died on this day in 1982.

Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London the killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.