What day of the week was June 5, 1998?

The day of the week June 5th, 1998 fell on was a Friday.

Jeanette Nolan the American actress (b. 1911) died on this day in 1998. As did Sam Yorty the American captain and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909) .

A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint the Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.