Historical Events
- 1st combat flight for Canadian British-built Avro Lancaster bomber
Famous Birthdays
- Mike Pender, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles & Pins), born in Liverpool, England
- Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok, USR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4)
Famous Deaths
- Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43