Carlson's Patrol concluded successfully for the U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal.
American aircraft raided Italy for the first time, with B-24s of the 9th Air Force hitting Naples from bases in the Middle East.
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King met with Franklin Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, also on this day, ordered the Works Progress Administration dissolved, or as he put it, given an "honorable discharge". It would take until June 30, 1943, to dissolve it, however.
The swashbuckler The Black Swan, featuring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara was released. It'd be a huge hit.
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