Historical Events
- LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
- US auto factories switch from commercial to war production
Famous Birthdays
- Barry Diller, founder (Fox-TV)
- Graham Nash, British-American musician and singer-songwriter (the Hollies, Crosby, Stills & Nash), born in Blackpool, Lancashire
Famous Deaths
- Daniil Kharms [Yuvatchov], Russian surrealist and absurdist writer, poet, and playwright, dies of starvation during the siege of Leningrad at 36