What day of the week was September 1, 1939?

The day of the week September 1st, 1939 fell on was a Friday.

Lily Tomlin the American actress, producer, and screenwriter was born on 01 September in 1939.

World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland the beginning the European phase of World War II. General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army. The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht the SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date. Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization). Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.