What day of the week was May 4, 1972?

The day of the week May 4th, 1972 fell on was a Thursday.

Edward Calvin Kendall the American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) died on this day in 1972. As did Manny Ziener the German actress (b. 1887) .

The Don't Make A Wave Committee the a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".