What day of the week was March 4, 1980?

The day of the week March 4th, 1980 fell on was a Tuesday.

Johannes Martin Bijvoet the Dutch chemist (b. 1892) died on this day in 1980. As did Alan Hardaker the English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912) , Eric Kerfoot the English footballer (b. 1924) , J. F. A. McManus the Canadian pathologist (b. 1911) , Luis Piazzini the Argentinian chess player (b. 1905) , Alfred Plé the French rower (b. 1888) , Alex Vetchinsky the English production designer (b. 1904) .

Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.