What day of the week was December 12, 1941?

The day of the week December 12th, 1941 fell on was a Friday.

There were 13 days until Christmas.

César Basa the Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915) died on this day in 1941.

World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field the Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed. World War II: USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island. World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan. Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery