What day of the week was January 23, 1943?

The day of the week January 23rd, 1943 fell on was a Saturday.

Alexander Woollcott the American actor and journalist (b. 1887) died on this day in 1943.

World War II: Troops of Montgomery's 8th Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German-Italian Panzer Army. World War II: Australian and American forces finally defeat the Japanese army in Papua. Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen the the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.