What day of the week was October 4, 1997?

The day of the week October 4th, 1997 fell on was a Saturday.

Gunpei Yokoi the Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (b. 1941) died on this day in 1997. As did Otto Ernst Remer the German general (b. 1912) .

The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte the North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.