Historical Events
- -26] Soviet counter attack at Rovno
- Fair Employment Practices Commission established
Event of Interest
FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Finland declares war on Soviet Union
- Finland enters WW2 against the USSR following a massive airstrike the previous day
- Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
Event of Interest
James F. Byrnes is admitted to the US Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Famous Birthdays
- Denys Arcand, French Canadian film director (Jesus of Montreal), born in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada