What day of the week was May 17, 2007?

The day of the week May 17th, 2007 fell on was a Thursday.

Lloyd Alexander the American author (b. 1924) died on this day in 2007. As did T. K. Doraiswamy the Indian poet and author (b. 1921) .

Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.