What day of the week was October 17, 2000?

The day of the week October 17th, 2000 fell on was a Tuesday.

Leo Nomellini the Italian- American football player and wrestler (b. 1924) died on this day in 2000. As did Joachim Nielsen the Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964) .

Train crash at Hatfield the north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack.