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Korea
- Yi U was born at Unhyeongung Palace, Keijo (now Seoul), Japanese-occupied Korea. ww2dbase [Yi U | Keijo | CPC]
- The Puget Sound Naval Hospital was opened in the northwest corner of the Puget Sound Navy Yard. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
Germany
- Robert Greim was promoted to the rank of Fähnrich. ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | CPC]
- Keen to emulate the American Eugene Ely, Lieutenant Charles Samson flew a Short S.27 aircraft off the forecastle of HMS Africa. He then repeated the feat at a naval review at Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom the following May from the battleships Hibernia and London. ww2dbase [AC]
Korea
- General Sadayoshi Ando was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Arisawa Ueda. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- Henry Arnold set an altitude record of 1,452 meters, or 4,764 feet. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
- Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Leutnant. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
- Eva Braun was born in MĂĽnchen in southern Germany. ww2dbase [Eva Braun | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Stilwell returned to the United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
Czechoslovakia
- Josef Blösche was born in Friedland, Austria–Hungary (now Frydlant, Czech Republic). ww2dbase [Josef Blösche | Frydlant | CPC]
United Kingdom
Japan
- Prince Hiroyasu was made the commanding officer of cruiser Ibuki. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Following the requisite two-years of sea duty, Walden Ainsworth was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | DS]
- Adolf Galland was born. ww2dbase [Adolf Galland | CPC]
- Marina Stirbey was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. ww2dbase [Marina Stirbey | Vienna | CPC]
- Yoshijiro Umezu was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Yoshijiro Umezu | CPC]
- Hanna Reitsch was born in Hirschberg, Silesia, Germany. ww2dbase [Hanna Reitsch | CPC]
- France established a full protectorate over Morocco. ww2dbase [AC]
- Alois Brunner was born. ww2dbase [Alois Brunner | CPC]
Taiwan
- Rear Admiral Eitaro Kataoka was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
China
- Lieutenant General Yasumasa Fukushima succeeded General Baron Yoshimasa Oshima as the Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Air Battalion of the British Royal Corps of Engineers became the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps. ww2dbase [AC]
Germany
China
- Wu Chien-Shiung was born in Liuhe, Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China. ww2dbase [Wu Chien-Shiung | Taicang, Jiangsu | CPC]
United States
- Henry Arnold set an altitude record of 1,990 meters, or 6,540 feet. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
- In tests completed at College Park, Maryland, United States, Captain Charles Chandler fired a new Lewis machine gun from an aircraft flown by Lieutenant Thomas D. Milling; the results were so encouraging that ten more Lewis guns were requested, but this order could not be met as the US Army Ordnance Department had not then ordered the weapon into production. During World War I the American-designed Lewis became a standard aircraft machine gun. ww2dbase [Lewis | AC]
United States
- Captain Albert Gleaves was named the commanding officer of New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Alan Turing was born in Maida Vale, London, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Alan Turing | London, England | CPC]
United States
- Henry Arnold crashed the US Army's first front-mounted propeller-and-engine aircraft on takeoff into the bay at Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Plymouth, Massachusetts | CPC]
Japan
- Settsu was commissioned into service. Captain Morihide Tanaka, the chief equipping officer, was made the ship's first commanding officer. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Friedrich Paulus married Elena Rosetti-Solescu. ww2dbase [Friedrich Paulus | CPC]
- The British Royal Flying Corps' first fatal crash occurred when Captain Eustace B. Loraine and his observer, Staff Sergeant R. H. V. Wilson, flying from Larkhill Aerodrome, were killed in a crash on Salisbury Plain. ww2dbase [AC]
- Tamon Yamaguchi was promoted to the rank of midshipman. ww2dbase [Tamon Yamaguchi | CPC]
France
- The keel of Lorraine was laid down by Chantiers de Penhoët at Saint-Nazaire, France. ww2dbase [Lorraine | Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire | CPC]
Sweden
- Raoul Wallenberg was born in Kappsta, Lidingö, Sweden. ww2dbase [Raoul Wallenberg | Lidingö, Uppland | CPC]
Japan
- Kenkichi Ueda was made the chief of staff to the 16th Division. ww2dbase [Kenkichi Ueda | CPC]
- Hazel Lee was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Hazel Lee | CPC]
- The United States' District of Alaska was renamed the Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [CPC]
Japan
- Masafumi Arima left the Kagoshima Prefectural Middle School in Japan without completing his degree. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | Kagoshima | CPC]
Romania
- Mariana Dragescu was born in Craiova, Romania. ww2dbase [Mariana Dragescu | Craiova | CPC]
Japan
- Masafumi Arima rolled in the Japanese Naval Academy in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | Etajima, Hiroshima | CPC]
- Stanley Hollis was born in Loftus, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Stanley Hollis | CPC]
Korea
- General Koichiro Tachibara was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Howard Whalen was born. ww2dbase [Howard Whalen | CPC]
Japan
- Prince Hiroyasu's sixth child, Princess Tomoko, was born. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- The Kingdom of Montenegro declared war on the Ottoman Empire in the 1st Balkan War. ww2dbase [AC]
- Hugo Sperrle was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant. ww2dbase [Hugo Sperrle | CPC]
United States
- Henry Arnold successfully established radio telegraph connection from his Wright C Speed Scout S. C. No. 10 aircraft with units on the ground about 9.7 kilometers, or 6 miles, away while in flight over Fort Riley, Kansas, United States. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Fort Riley, Kansas | CPC]
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected to New York State Senate in the United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
- Henry Arnold suffered injuries in an air crash, and would be given a leave of absence from the Aviation Section of the US Army Signal Corps. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
Japan
- Prince Kotohito was promoted to the rank of general and was made a member of the Japanese Supreme War Council; he stepped down as the head of Imperial Guard Division. ww2dbase [Kotohito | CPC]
- Hiroaki Abe was promoted to the rank of ensign. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Hajime Sakamoto succeeded Vice Admiral Hikohachi Yamada as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Naval District (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. Rear Admiral Sadaichi Hiraoka was named Sakamoto's chief of staff. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- Prince Hiroyasu attended Japanese Navy War College. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Captain Shibakichi Yamanaka was named the commanding officer of Settsu, and Settsu was assigned to Battleship Division 1. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Henry Arnold was transferred to the Aeronautical Division of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the US Army in Washington DC, United States. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Washington | CPC]
Germany
- German chancellor Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg announced in the Reichstag that, if Austria-Hungary was attacked by a third power while pursuing its interests, Germany would support Austria-Hungary and fight to maintain its own position in Europe. ww2dbase [Reichstag Building and Kroll Opera House | Berlin | AC]
- Britain, fearful that a Russo-Austria war would lead to a German attack on France, warned the Germans that if that happened Britain "would not accept a French defeat". ww2dbase [AC]
- The Kaiser called a meeting of his military and naval leaders, telling them that if Russia came to the aid of Serbia then Germany must be prepared to fight. He assumed that Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Turkey would all side with the Triple Alliance leaving Austria-Hungary free to concentrate against the Russians. Tirpitz (Head of the German Naval Office) declared that the Navy was not yet ready for war. Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg, who was anxious to maintain détente with the British, was not invited to the meeting thus leaving the political viewpoint out of the discussions. ww2dbase [AC]
Germany
- Damming work at the Möhne reservoir in Germany began. ww2dbase [Möhnesee Dam | Soest, Westfalen-Süd | AC]
- Benjamin (Jr.) Davis was born. ww2dbase [Benjamin Davis, Jr. | CPC]
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