Historical Events
- 1,200+ 8th US Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany
- 500 15th US Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity
- Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen
- Danish resistance fails in assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen
Presidential Convention
Democratic convention opens in Chicago, goes on to nominate President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem
- General Bradley flies to England
- Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho and Shokaku sink in Marianas
- NY archbishop Spellman flies to Europe
Meeting of Interest
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
Famous Birthdays
- Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen), born in Boise, Idaho
Famous Deaths
- Carl Bock, Danish Gestapo agent, liquidated
- Harry CA Eyres, British diplomat (Constantinople, Albania), dies at 87
- Will Marion Cook, composer, dies at 75