What day of the week was January 31, 1944?

The day of the week January 31st, 1944 fell on was a Monday.

Jean Giraudoux the French author and playwright (b. 1882) died on this day in 1944.

World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna the Italy.