What day of the week was October 7, 1998?

The day of the week October 7th, 1998 fell on was a Wednesday.

Cees de Vreugd the Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952) died on this day in 1998. As did Arnold Jacobs the American tuba player and educator (b. 1915) .

Matthew Shepard the a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.