What day of the week was April 20, 1939?

The day of the week April 20th, 1939 fell on was a Thursday.

Peter S. Beagle the American author and screenwriter was born on 20 April in 1939. As was Ray Brooks the English actor , Gro Harlem Brundtland the Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway , José Alves da Costa the Brazilian bishop (d. 2012) , Johnny Tillotson the American singer-songwriter .

Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany. Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit".