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- Quintin Brand was promoted to the rank of squadron leader. ww2dbase [Quintin Brand | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Rochefort was transferred out of battleship USS Connecticut and was assigned to destroyer USS Stansbury. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | CPC]
United States
- USS Stewart departed Charleston, South Carolina, United States. ww2dbase [Stewart | Charleston, South Carolina | CPC]
Atlantic Ocean
- USS Stewart accidentally collided with USS Hopkins in the Atlantic Ocean, causing minor damage. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- Marcel-Bruno Gensoul was promoted to the rank of capitaine de frégate. ww2dbase [Marcel-Bruno Gensoul | CPC]
Atlantic Ocean
- USS Stewart began her participation in fleet exercises in the Caribbean Sea region. ww2dbase [Stewart | Caribbean Sea | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Walden Ainsworth assumed command of Clemson-class destroyer USS Marcus. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | DS]
United States
- USS Canopus was commissioned into service at Boston, Massachusetts, United States with Commander Alexander Wadsworth in command. ww2dbase [Canopus | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]
- Raymond Baxter, future Battle of Britain pilot and later a famous television presenter and writer, was born at Ilford, Essex, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
- Yoshijiro Umezu was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. ww2dbase [Yoshijiro Umezu | CPC]
United States
- Douglas MacArthur married Louise Cromwell Brooks at the Cromwell family estate in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Palm Beach, Florida | CPC]
Egypt
- The United Kingdom granted independence to Egypt, but occupation forces remained. ww2dbase [CPC]
Atlantic Ocean
- USS Stewart completed her participation in fleet exercises in the Caribbean Sea region and departed for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ww2dbase [Stewart | Caribbean Sea | CPC]
- The United Kingdom formally accepted the independence of Egypt. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Princess Mary, The Princess Royal, married Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom. The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future Queen Elizabeth) was one of the bridesmaids. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
South Africa
- Dolores Theresa Sorour was born in Pretoria, South Africa. ww2dbase [Jackie Moggridge | Pretoria, Gauteng | CPC]
United States
- USS Pennsylvania arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Pennsylvania | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
- Indian Independence leader Mohandas Gandhi was arrested on a charge of sedition after calling for a Campaign of Civil Disobedience. ww2dbase [AC]
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan became a member state of the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. ww2dbase [CPC]
India
- Mohandas Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison (he was to be released in Feb 1924 on health grounds). ww2dbase [AC]
- The US Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley. ww2dbase [Langley (Langley-class) | CPC]
- William Manchester was born. ww2dbase [William Manchester | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Kiyohiro Ijichi was named the chief of staff of Vice Admiral Kesataro Kawahara (Ryojun Military Port, northeastern China). ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- Joseph Stalin was appointed the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | CPC]
- General Erich von Falkenhayn, the former Chief of the German General Staff between 1914 and 1916, died at Schloss Lindstedt near Potsdam, Germany. ww2dbase [AC]
- Representatives from 34 countries convened at Genoa Conference to discuss post-WW1 economy. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Mutsu hosted the Prince of Wales and his aide Lieutenant Louis Mountbatten. ww2dbase [Mutsu | CPC]
Italy
- Germany and the Soviet Union signed an agreement at Rapallo, Geona, Italy, renouncing all territorial and monetary claims against each other as the result of WW1. ww2dbase [Treaty of Rapallo | Genoa, Liguria | CPC]
- S-33 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [S-33 | CPC]
- Future German fighter ace, Erich Hartmann (352 victories), was born at Weissach in Wüttemberg, Germany. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Pennsylvania departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Pennsylvania | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
- Nagara was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Nagara | CPC]
- Captain Christopher R. Payne was named the commanding officer of HMS Malaya, replacing Percy M. R. Royds. ww2dbase [Malaya | CPC]
- Miles Browning married Cathalene Isabella Parka, stepdaughter of Vice Admiral Clark H. Woodward. ww2dbase [Miles Browning | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Rochefort was transferred out of destroyer USS Stansbury and was assigned to cruiser USS Charleston. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | CPC]
United States
- S-25 was launched at the Bethlehem shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, sponsored by Mrs. Vera Hobart Schlabach, wife of naval officer Ross Schlabach. ww2dbase [Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard | S-25/Jastrzab | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Rochefort was assigned to tanker Cuyama. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | CPC]
Japan
- Kichisaburo Nomura was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. ww2dbase [Kichisaburo Nomura | CPC]
- Milton Miles was promoted to the rank of ensign. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | CPC]
- In the Soviet Union, the Main Administration for Literary and Publishing Affairs (generally known as Glavlit) was formally established with the role of preventing anything from being published that undermined state secrecy, encouraged sedition, inspired national or religious fanaticism or moral degeneration. ww2dbase [AC]
United States
- An oiler was completed at the New York Shipbuilding shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, United States; it was officially named Kamoi by the Japanese Navy. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Camden, New Jersey | CPC]
Japan
- The keel of Naka was laid down by Mitsubishi-owned Yokohama Dock Company in Yokohama, Japan. ww2dbase [Naka | Yokohama, Kanagawa | CPC]
- S-33 was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [S-33 | CPC]
- Henry A. Berliner demonstrated a helicopter of his own design at College Park, Maryland, United States, before a US Navy delegation. ww2dbase [AC]
United States
- USS Stewart departed Newport, Rhode Island, United States for Asia. ww2dbase [Stewart | Newport, Rhode Island | CPC]
Korea
- The incomplete battle-cruisers USS Lexington and USS Saratoga were authorised for commissioning as aircraft carriers, expanding greatly the US Navy’s seaborne air power beyond the still experimental USS Langley. ww2dbase [Lexington (Lexington-class) | AC]
- Clarence Tinker was certified a pilot. ww2dbase [Clarence Tinker | CPC]
China
- Tenryu arrived at Lushunkou, northeastern China. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Tenryu | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
Russia
- In the Soviet Union, the OO (Special Department, a military intelligence service) was divided into two departments, the OO for military counterintelligence and the KRO (Counterintelligence Department) for domestic counterintelligence. ww2dbase [CPC]
- S-34 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [S-34 | CPC]
- Hiroaki Abe became the commanding officer of destroyer Ushio. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Norman Reeve Van der Veer was made the commanding officer of USS Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- A secret clause was added to the Russo-German Treaty of Rapallo, allowing German troops to train with heavy weapons, something disallowed by the Versailles Treaty, in Soviet territory. ww2dbase [Treaty of Rapallo | CPC]
France
- The keel of Duguay-Trouin was laid down at Arsenal de Brest, France. ww2dbase [Duguay-Trouin | Brest, Bretagne | CPC]
- Adelaide was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Adelaide | CPC]
- Heinrich Himmler graduated from Universität München (Munich University) with an agriculture degree. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | München | CPC]
United States
- USS S-35 was commissioned into service with Lieutenant T. E. Short in command. ww2dbase [S-35 | CPC]
United States
- S-26 was launched at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, sponsored by the wife of Carlos Bean. ww2dbase [S-26 | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
Germany
China
- USS Stewart arrived at Yantai, Shandong Province, China. ww2dbase [Stewart | Yantai, Shandong | CPC]
- The French dreadnought Paris was lost when she foundered after hitting a rock in Quiberon Bay southeast of Lorient, France. ww2dbase [Quiberon Bay | AC]
- Mutsu and other ships of Japanese Navy Battleship Division 1 participated on a parade of force along the eastern coast of Russia. ww2dbase [Mutsu | CPC]
Japan
- Tenryu departed Kure, Japan for eastern Russia. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
Russia
- Georgy Zhukov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the first time. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]
China
- Hikokichi Ijuin succeeded Isaburo Yamagata as the Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [CPC]
Japan
- Tenryu arrived at Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Otaru, Hokkaido | CPC]
United States
- Kamoi was commissioned into service in Camden, New Jersey, United States under the command of Captain Teijiro Murase. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Camden, New Jersey | CPC]
- Natori was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Natori | CPC]
- With the capture of Izmir in western Anatolia by Turkish troops, the British and French forces stationed at Chanak further north up the coast, guarding the Dardanelles neutral zone, were threatened with being attacked. The British Cabinet made a decision to hold firm against any Turkish act of aggression. ww2dbase [AC]
- In the absence of Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon, certain British Cabinet ministers issued a communiqué threatening the Ottoman Empire with a declaration of war by Britain and the Dominions (who, in fact, rejected becoming involved) on the grounds that the Ottoman Empire had violated the Treaty of Sèvres. ww2dbase [AC]
- British Foreign Secretary Lord Curzon departed for Paris, France to smooth things over with the Pro-Turkish French Prime Minister Raymond Paincaré who had decided to withdraw the French contingent at Chanak, western Anatolia. ww2dbase [AC]
United Kingdom
- Roderick Carr was promoted to the rank of flying officer in the British Royal Air Force. ww2dbase [Roderick Carr | CPC]
France
Poland
- Poland passed the Gdynia Seaport Construction Act. ww2dbase [Deutsche Werke Gotenhafen | Gdynia, Pomorskie | CPC]
Japan
- Destroyer No. 1 was launched at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. ww2dbase [Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard | Kamikaze | Nagasaki | CPC]
- Eighteen Naval Aircraft Factory PT (Patrol Torpedo) aircraft were deployed by the US Navy in the first full-scale torpedo practice off the Virginia capes in eastern United States; three battleships manoeuvred in open water during the 25-minute exercise during which eight hits were scored. ww2dbase [AC]
- Kamoi departed Camden, New Jersey, United States. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Camden, New Jersey | CPC]
- Pierre Barjot was promoted to the rank of ensign. ww2dbase [Pierre Barjot | CPC]
United States
- USS S-31 was decommissioned from service while receiving engine alterations at the Electric Boat Company yards in New London, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [S-31 | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
Greece
- Ioannis Metaxas found the Freethinkers' Party in Greece. ww2dbase [Ioannis Metaxas | CPC]
- Lieutenant V. C. Griffin flying a Vought VE-7SF aircraft made the first take-off from an American aircraft carrier (USS Langley). ww2dbase [Langley (Langley-class) | AC]
United States
- S-27 was launched at the Bethlehem shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, sponsored by Alice Baldwin (née Blackwood), wife of retired US Army general Frank Baldwin. ww2dbase [Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard | S-27 | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
United Kingdom
- A rebellion by Conservative Party Members of Parliament at the Carlton Club in London, England, United Kingdom resulted in a decision to end the Coalition government of Lloyd George. The Prime Minister, who had already lost the support of his influential Foreign Minister, Lord Curzon, was forced to resign, never to return as a major figure in party politics. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
- Lieutenant H. R. Harris made the first parachute jump from a crippled aircraft, jumping from a Loening monoplane over North Dayton, Ohio, United States, at a height of around 2,000 feet. ww2dbase [AC]
- S-34 was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [S-34 | CPC]
- USS S-35 was decommissioned from service at Groton, Connecticut, United States for engine enhancement work by the Electric Boat Company. ww2dbase [S-35 | Groton, Connecticut | CPC]
- Four columns of National Fascist Party paramilitary personnel, as known as the Blackshirts, marched into Rome. As a result, King Vittorio Emanuele handed over political power to Benito Mussolini. ww2dbase [Benito Mussolini | CPC]
- Omar Bradley was reverted to the permanent rank of captain. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
Australia
- Roberts Dunstan was born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. ww2dbase [Roberts Dunstan | Bendigo, Victoria | CPC]
- The Treaty of Rapallo was formally signed between Germany and the Soviet Union in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Treaty of Rapallo | Berlin | CPC]
- Iwane Matsui was attached to the Kwangtung Army as the head of the Harbin Special Services Agency in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Iwane Matsui | CPC]
- Kenkichi Ueda was attached to the training branch of the Japanese Army. ww2dbase [Kenkichi Ueda | CPC]
United States
- USS Canopus departed Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Canopus | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]
- S-29 was launched at the Bethlehem shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, wife of US Navy officer Ronan C. Grady. ww2dbase [Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard | S-29/P556 | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
- Kinu was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Kinu | CPC]
- Captain Morio Matsudaira was named the commanding officer of both battlesihp Settsu and battlecruiser Ibuki. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Chikateru Takasaki was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- A General election in the United Kingdom (the first since the establishment of the Irish Free State) saw the Conservative Party returned to Government. However (for the first time) a divided Liberal Party was beaten into third place by the Labour Party. ww2dbase [AC]
Korea
- General Shinnosuke Kikuchi was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Jiro Oba. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett 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]
Japan
- Hiroshi Nemoto graduated from the Japanese Army War College. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | CPC]
Japan
- Masafumi Arima completed studies at the advanced gunnery school. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was assigned to the Navy Ministry. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Chiaki Matsuda was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and enrolled in graduate courses of the Gunnery School. ww2dbase [Chiaki Matsuda | CPC]
- The Japanese-controlled Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- Prince Hiroyasu was promoted to the rank of admiral. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Captain Hajime Matsushita was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Tenryu | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima was assigned to destroyer Ashi. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Yoshidai Masaki was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
- Admiral Saburo Hyakutake was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
France
- Lorraine's year-long refitting was completed. ww2dbase [Lorraine | CPC]
China
- Vice Admiral Kesataro Kawahara stepped down as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- The Fascist Grand Council of Italy created the Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale (National Security Volunteer Militia). ww2dbase [CPC]
- Kamoi arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
Russia
- Mariya Dolina was born in Sharovka, Omsk Oblast, Russia. ww2dbase [Mariya Dolina | Sharovka, Omsk | CPC]
- USS Pennsylvania arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Pennsylvania | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
United States
- Joseph Rochefort was promoted to the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | CPC]
United States
- Dixie Kiefer was was designated as a naval aviator. ww2dbase [Dixie Kiefer | DS]
- Light carrier Hosho was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
United Kingdom
- The keel of Rodney was laid down by the firm Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Rodney | Birkenhead, England | CPC]
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