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- Köln was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
- Yan Xishan was awarded the Order of Precious Tripod First Class. ww2dbase [Yan Xishan | CPC]
- Suffren was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Suffren | CPC]
- German Shipbuilders Ltd. of Hamburg Factory Vulcan took over Dietrichsdorier Werft AG and renamed the company HDW AG Kiel. ww2dbase [Howaldtswerke Kiel | Kiel | CPC]
Italy
- Cruiser Köln was commissioned into service with Fregattenkapitän Ludwig von Schröder at the helm. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
Russia
- Battleship Parizhskava Kommuna and light cruiser Profintern (later renamed Krasny Krim) arrived in Sevastopol, Russia. ww2dbase [Parizhskava Kommuna | Sevastopol | AC]
- Hamilton was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Hamilton | CPC]
China
United States
- Aubrey Fitch earned his aviator wings. ww2dbase [Aubrey Fitch | DS]
- Pensacola was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Pensacola | CPC]
- Rudolf Höss' eldest child Claus was born. ww2dbase [Rudolf Höss | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Acasta was completed at Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Acasta | Clydebank, Scotland | CPC]
France
- French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc was named. ww2dbase [Jeanne d'Arc | CPC]
- HMS Acasta was commissioned into service at Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Acasta | Clydebank, Scotland | CPC]
United States
- James Doolittle resigned from the US Army Air Service. ww2dbase [James Doolittle | CPC]
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]
- The keel of Portland was laid down by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Portland | Quincy, Massachusetts | DS]
China
- Chen Shaokuan spoke over the Chinese government radio, lobbying for funding for a 600,000-ton Chinese Navy. ww2dbase [Chen Shaokuan | CPC]
Russia
- Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the third time. ww2dbase [Semyon Timoshenko | CPC]
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the fourth time. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]
China Germany
- Josias joined the SS organization of the Nazi Party. ww2dbase [Josias | CPC]
United States
- James Doolittle was promoted to the rank of major in the US Army Reserve. ww2dbase [James Doolittle | CPC]
China
- He Yingqin was named Chiang Kaishek's chief of staff for military affairs. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- Tatsuta Maru was completed. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | CPC]
Russia
- The mock-up of the TB-3 heavy bomber design was approved by the Soviet Air Force. ww2dbase [TB-3 | CPC]
- The Blackshirt combat legions in Italy were attached to army divisions. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Prison and Concentration camp system in Russia was reformed under the "Law on the Corrective Labour Camps". The OGPU camps were now grouped under the Main Administration of Corrective Labour Camps and Labour Settlements (GUITLTP) headed by OGPU official, Lazar Kogan, which was informally shortened to Gulag or Main Administration Camps, by which it has been known ever since. ww2dbase [AC]
Taiwan
- Major General Takeshi Kosugi was named the chief of staff of the Taiwan Army. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Hikawa Maru was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- Tatsuta Maru departed Yokohama, Japan on her maiden voyage. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | Yokohama, Kanagawa | CPC]
China
- Choibalsan stepped down as the 4th Chairman of the Presidium of the State Little Hural of the separatist Mongolian state in China. ww2dbase [Choibalsan | Mongolia | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Amy Johnson, flying a de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth aircraft, took off from Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom for Australia. ww2dbase [Amy Johnson | Croydon, England | CPC]
Germany
- Josias was promoted to the rank of SS-Standartenführer. ww2dbase [Josias | CPC]
- Japanese luxury ocean liner Hikawa Maru commenced her maiden voyage from Kobe for Seattle. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- Emden arrived at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [Emden | Wilhelmshaven | CPC]
Finland
- Alpo Marttinen was promoted to the rank of 2nd lieutenant in the regular Finnish Army. ww2dbase [Alpo Marttinen | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Samuel Power Jenkins was made the commanding officer of USS Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- Cruiser USS Northampton was commissioned at the Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States with Captain Walter N. Vernou in command. ww2dbase [Bethlehem Fore River Shipyard | Northampton | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Oswald Mosley stepped down as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. ww2dbase [Oswald Mosley | CPC]
Australia
- Amy Johnson landed her de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth aircraft in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, becoming the first person to complete this route. ww2dbase [Amy Johnson | Darwin, Northern Territory | CPC]
- Arturo Riccardi was made Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. ww2dbase [Arturo Riccardi | CPC]
Taiwan
- General Jotaro Watanabe was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Amy Johnson was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ww2dbase [Amy Johnson | London, England | CPC]
Romania
- Prince Carol reneged his renunciation for the throne and returned to Romania. ww2dbase [Carol II | CPC]
Romania
- Prime Minister Iuliu Maniu of Romania engineered a coup d'état, ousting King Mihai I. Prince Carol, Mihai's father, declared himself King Carol II and made Iuliu Maniu his head of government. ww2dbase [Carol II | CPC]
Italy
- The keel of cruiser Bolzano was laid down by Ansaldo Sestri Ponente at Genoa, Italy. ww2dbase [Bolzano | Genova, Liguria | CPC]
- Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura was named the commanding officer of Kure Naval District, Japan. ww2dbase [Kichisaburo Nomura | CPC]
- Houston was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Houston | CPC]
- Nobutake Kondo was attached to the Navy General Staff. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | CPC]
United States
- Nautilus was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Nautilus | CPC]
China
- He Yingqin stepped down as a member of the finance committee. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- Kurt Fricke was awarded Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Sword of Sweden. ww2dbase [Kurt Frike | CPC]
- Japanese luxury ocean liner Hikawa Maru departed Hong Kong for Seattle, her second round trip across the Pacific. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Douglas Bader was made a pilot officer of No. 23 Squadron RAF based at Kenley, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Douglas Bader | Kenley, England | CPC]
- Yoshijiro Umezu was promoted to the rank of major general. ww2dbase [Yoshijiro Umezu | CPC]
- Korechika Anami was promoted to the rank of colonel. ww2dbase [Korechika Anami | CPC]
- Princess Margaret (later Countess of Snowdon) was born at Glamis Castle, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
- The keel of cruiser Astoria was laid down. ww2dbase [Astoria (New Orleans-class) | CPC]
- Prince Baudouin (later King Baudouin I) of Belgium was born at Stuyvenberg on the outskirts of Brussels, Belgium. ww2dbase [AC]
Germany
- Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party received 6,371,000 votes in a national election, representing about 18% of the total votes, and gained 107 seats in the Reichstag. The party was now the second largest in the country. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | TH]
China
- Zhang Xueliang pledged military support for the Nationalists during the Central Plains War. As he committed over 40% of his forces, it would weaken the overall defense of northeastern China, thus giving the Japanese an opportunity to seize control. ww2dbase [Mukden Incident | Zhang Xueliang | CPC]
- Douglas MacArthur departed from the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | CPC]
France
- The first production example of GL-810 HY floatplanes took flight at Les Mureaux, France. ww2dbase [GL-812 HY | Les Mureaux, ÃŽle-de-France | CPC]
- HMS Hermes arrived at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
- Song Ziwen was named the acting chief of the Executive Yuan. ww2dbase [Song Ziwen | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom for Sheerness in Kent, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
- Dorsetshire was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Dorsetshire | CPC]
- Captain E. J. G. MacKinnon was named the commanding officer of HMS Hermes, replacing Captain J. D. Campbell. ww2dbase [Hermes | CPC]
- The British airship R101 crashed in France, killing 38 people. The crash of R101 effectively ended British use of rigid airships. ww2dbase [AC]
- Cruiser Köln completed trials and training in the Baltic Sea and North sea. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
- Joseph Jules Brévié was named the Governor-General of French West Africa. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Cruiser Köln began to perform gunnery drills in the North Atlantic. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
Russia
- The first prototype of the TB-3 heavy bomber was completed. ww2dbase [TB-3 | CPC]
- Arthur Greiser joined the Nazi Party. ww2dbase [Arthur Greiser | CPC]
- Maximilian von Weichs was promoted to the rank of Oberst. ww2dbase [Maximilian von Weichs | CPC]
- Stephen Beattie was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. ww2dbase [Stephen Beattie | CPC]
Ethiopia
- King Tafari was made Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. ww2dbase [Haile Selassie I | CPC]
- The Do X aircraft departed Friedrichshafen, Germany under the command of Friedrich Christiansen for the ultimate destination of New York, United States. ww2dbase [Do X | CPC]
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected the governor of the state of New York, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
- The origins of naval radar in the US could be traced to a report from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) that two civilian scientists, L. C. Young and L. A. Hyland, had detected an aircraft in flight, this occurred while they were experimenting with the directional S of radio beams, which spotted an aircraft passing overhead. The NRL was later to inaugurate a project for the "detection of enemy vessels and aircraft by radio". ww2dbase [AC]
- Amagiri was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Amagiri | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes departed Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Portsmouth, England | CPC]
China
- He Yingqin stepped down as a member of the military logistics committee. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Kentaro Kojima was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Clarence Tinker was named the commanding officer of the newly formed 20th Pursuit Group based at Mather Airfield, Sacramento, California, United States. ww2dbase [Clarence Tinker | Sacramento, California | CPC]
- Song Ziwen stepped down as the acting chief of the Executive Yuan. ww2dbase [Song Ziwen | CPC]
- Douglas MacArthur became the Chief of Staff of the US Army at the rank of general. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | CPC]
Korea
- Lieutenant General Senjuro Hayashi was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Jiro Minami. ww2dbase [CPC]
Portugal
- Koichi Shiozawa stepped down as the chief of staff of the Japanese 1st Fleet. ww2dbase [Koichi Shiozawa | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the 11th Destroyer Division. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Commander Shinpei Sugiura was made the commanding officer of Kamoi. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
- Emden departed Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [Emden | Wilhelmshaven | CPC]
- Naka received a new commanding officer. ww2dbase [Naka | CPC]
- Captain Kensuke Madareme was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Tenryu | CPC]
- Settsu received a new commanding officer. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Captain Noboru Hirata was named the commanding officer of Nachi. ww2dbase [Nachi | CPC]
- Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Mitsumasa Yonai | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Shusei Yuchi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- The keel of RMS Queen Mary was laid down by the John Brown and Company at Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Queen Mary | Clydebank, Scotland | CPC]
- USS S-26 departed San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [S-26 | San Diego, California | CPC]
- HMS Valiant was recommissioned into service after refitting. ww2dbase [Valiant | CPC]
China
- Chiang Kaishek was made the head of the Executive Yuan. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | CPC]
- USS R-5 was ordered to sail for the east coast of the United States. ww2dbase [R-5 | CPC]
- USS S-26 arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | S-26 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS R-14 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [R-14 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- The Tupolev TB-3 four-engine heavy bomber made its maiden flight. Continually modified, over 500 of these big bombers were still in service at the time of the 1941 German invasion, and some carried out night-bombing attacks against the invaders. A paratroop conversion could carry up to 35 paratroopers accommodated in the fuselage and wings. ww2dbase [AC]
- Kenkichi Ueda was made the commanding officer of the Japanese 9th Division in China. ww2dbase [Kenkichi Ueda | CPC]
- General Tomou Kodama was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea. ww2dbase [CPC]
- TB-3 prototype aircraft took its first flight with Mikhail Gromov in the pilot seat. The aircraft had ski landing gear. This flight was considered a success despite an unexpected vibration almost caused the aircraft to crash. ww2dbase [TB-3 | CPC]
France
- The French Army issued its first order of Char D1 light tanks in the quantity of 70. ww2dbase [Char D1 | CPC]
United States
- Captain William Rea Furlong was named the commanding officer of USS Marblehead, replacing Captain Ralph A. Koch. ww2dbase [Marblehead | CPC]
- Mineichi Koga was named the commanding officer of cruiser Aoba. ww2dbase [Mineichi Koga | CPC]
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