Historical Events
- 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"
- A syndicate headed by New York lumberman William D Cox buys MLB's Philadelphia Phillies for $850,000; 33 year-old Cox is youngest owner in baseball
- German Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbells demands "total war" from German citizens in speech at Berlin Sportpalast
- Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis
Famous Birthdays
- Graeme Garden, Scottish writer (The Goodies), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean general/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart
Augusto Pinochet
Famous Deaths
- Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74