What day of the week was August 27, 1939?
The day of the week August 27th, 1939 fell on was a Sunday.
William Least Heat-Moon the American author was born on 27 August in 1939. As was Edward Patten the American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (d. 2005) .
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178 the the world's first jet aircraft.