What day of the week was May 8, 1972?

The day of the week May 8th, 1972 fell on was a Monday.

Darren Hayes the Australian singer-songwriter (Savage Garden) was born on 08 May in 1972. As was Ray Whitney the Canadian ice hockey player .

Vietnam War U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.