Historical Events
- 129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)
Event of Interest
Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa
Erwin Rommel
- Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
Event of Interest
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrive in Washington, D.C.
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Famous Birthdays
- Henry S. Taylor, American writer at poet (Pulitzer 1986 for Poetry), born in Lincoln, Virginia
- Marjorie Margolies, American women's right activist and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Togo West Jr., American attorney and public official (3rd Secretary of Veterans Affairs 1998-2000), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 2018)
- William Bradford Reynolds, US Assistant Attorney General (1981-88), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Famous Weddings
- Jacqueline Kennedy's mother Janet Bouvier marries Standard Oil heir Hugh Auchincloss