What day of the week was August 19, 1942?

The day of the week August 19th, 1942 fell on was a Wednesday.

Fred Thompson the American actor, lawyer, and politician was born on 19 August in 1942.

World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe the Seine-Maritime, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.