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• Georgios Papandreou became the new Prime Minister of Greece after his predecessor resigned. ww2dbase [TH]

• USS Nashville departed from Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island. ww2dbase [Nashville | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]

• USS Corregidor departed from waters off Hollandia (now Jayapura), Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Corregidor | Dutch New Guinea | CPC]
• Sentani Airfield and Cyclops Airfield near Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea was captured by US 186th Infantry Regiment. ww2dbase [Hollandia Airfield Complex | New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea | CPC]

• Pétain made his first and only visit to Paris, France to inspect damage from Allied bombings. ww2dbase [Philippe Pétain | Paris | TH]

• Heinrich Kreipe was kidnapped by British operatives at Archanes, Crete, Greece. ww2dbase [Heinrich Kreipe | Archanes, Crete | CPC]
• Georgios Papandreou was made the Prime Minister of Greece-in-exile. ww2dbase [Georgios Papandreou | Athens | CPC]

• Prince Takahito's daughter Princess Yasuko was born. ww2dbase [Takahito | CPC]

• Hamazasp Babadzhanian was made a Hero of the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Hamazasp Babadzhanian | CPC]

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