Historical Events
- RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
- Roermond & Venlo, Netherlands, liberated
- US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
- US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
Meeting of Interest
Winston Churchill visits Field Marshal Montgomery's headquarters
Winston Churchill
Famous Birthdays
- Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964)
- Hattie Winston, actress (Nurse, Electric Company), born in Greenville, Mississippi
Famous Deaths
- Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
- Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75