Historical Events
- 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
- Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propaganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
- Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia established
- Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
Famous Birthdays
- Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker in Iraq, born in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2004)
Famous Deaths
- Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
- Ernie Pyle, American correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize 1944), dies at 44
- John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies