What day of the week was October 1, 1942?

The day of the week October 1st, 1942 fell on was a Thursday.

Ants Piip the Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884) died on this day in 1942.

torpedoes Lisbon Maru not knowing she is carrying British PoWs from Hong Kong First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet".