Historical Events
- British Local Defence Volunteers forms (later renamed the Home Guard)
- Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
- Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
- French marines stationed on Aruba
- French troops arrive in Zealand, Brabant Netherlands
- Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
Event of Interest
Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
- World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent
Famous Birthdays
- Arthur Alexander, American singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
- Bill Cash, British politician (C, born in London
- Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
- Wayne Dyer, American psychologist and author (Universe Within You) (d. 2015)
Famous Deaths
- Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56