What day of the week was October 23, 1942?

The day of the week October 23rd, 1942 fell on was a Friday.

Michael Crichton the American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008) was born on 23 October in 1942. As was Bernd Erdmann the German footballer and manager , Anita Roddick the English businesswoman and activist, founder of The Body Shop (d. 2007) .

Ralph Rainger the American pianist and composer (b. 1901) died on this day in 1942.

World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: At El Alamein in northern Egypt the the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt. All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs the California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii"). World War II: The Battle for Henderson Field begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on October 26.