What day of the week was March 8, 1942?

The day of the week March 8th, 1942 fell on was a Sunday. There were 28 days until Easter Sunday.

Dick Allen the American baseball player was born on 08 March in 1942. As was Palito Ortega the Argentinian singer, actor, and politician , Ann Packer the English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper .

José Raúl Capablanca the Cuban chess player (b. 1888) died on this day in 1942.

World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java.