What day of the week was March 17, 2012?

The day of the week March 17th, 2012 fell on was a Saturday. There were 22 days until Easter Sunday.

Paul Boyer the American historian and educator (b. 1935) died on this day in 2012. As did John Demjanjuk the Ukrainian-American nazi guard (b. 1920) , Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (b. 1923) , Margaret Whitlam the Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919) .