What day of the week was May 23, 1939?

The day of the week May 23rd, 1939 fell on was a Tuesday.

Michel Colombier the French-American composer and conductor (d. 2004) was born on 23 May in 1939. As was Reinhard Hauff the German director and screenwriter , Jack McCarthy the American poet (d. 2013) .

The U.S. Navy submarine USS ''Squalus'' sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive the causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.