What day of the week was January 31, 1942?

The day of the week January 31st, 1942 fell on was a Saturday.

Henry Larkin the American baseball player (b. 1860) died on this day in 1942. As did Rolf Wenkhaus the German actor (b. 1917) .

World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to the island of Singapore.