What day of the week was August 13, 1942?

The day of the week August 13th, 1942 fell on was a Thursday.

Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project the better known as the Manhattan Project. Walt Disney's 5th full-length animated film the Bambi, was released to theaters.