Historical Events
- US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
- World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
Famous Birthdays
- Elkie Brooks, rocker (Pearl's a Singer), born in Manchester, England
- Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies)
Famous Deaths
- Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer, photographer and modernist, dies of a heart attack at 51