Anne Frank received a diary on this day for her 13th birthday.
The U.S. Army Air Force bombed Polesti, Romania in a mission which saw 13 B-24s fly from Fayid Egypt to an intended landing in Iraq. Four of the bombers made emergency landings in Iraq, and two in Syria. The ones in Turkey were interned.
The bombers were actually in transit to China. This was not part of Operation Tidal Wave, the famous low level raid that was also performed by B-24s.
On the same day, the Army Air Force raided Kiska for the second day in a row.
The Germans breakout in Libya and close to within fifteen miles of Tobruk.
The British launch Operation Harpoon in a desperate effort to resupply Malta by sea.
The Soviet Navy resupplied Sevastopol by sea, brining in 2,314 additional soldiers to the defense of the besieged city.
The Japanese submarine I-24 sank the SS Guatemala off of Sidney. The I-16 sank the Yugoslavian flagged Supetar, the I-20 the Panamanian flagged Hellenic Trader, and the British Clifton Hall, all cargo vessels, in hte Mozambique Channel.
The German U-77 sank the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Grove off of Baria, Libya. The U-124 sank the SS Dartford off of Newfoundland, the U-129 sank the SS Harwicke Grange off of Puerto Rico, the U-158sank the US SS Cities Service Toledo,an oil tanker, off of Louisiana.
The USS Swordfish sank the Japanese transport ship Burma Maru off of Cambodia.
George H. W. Bush graduated from Phillips Academy, turned 18 years old, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on this day.
The recently completed Grand Coulee Dam was photographed.
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