The Battle of Manners Street occurred in Wellington, New Zealand, when American servicemen and New Zealand servicemen came to blows over American racist attitudes, which caused some American servicemen to attempt to exclude Māori soldiers from the Services Club. The two-hour riot/brawl resulted in many injuries before order was restored. News of the riot was suppressed.
Such events would repeat throughout the war.
Poon Lim BEM (Chinese: 潘濂; pinyin: Pān Lián) a Chinese merchant sailor who was cast adrift in a U-boat attack was rescued after 133 days at sea on a raft.
Hans Walter Conrad Veidt, who went by the stage name of Conrad Veidt, died of a heart attack. He's most famously remembered today for playing the German villain in Casablanca, which was in its first running year at the time. A Lutheran, he had left Nazi Germany in 1933 as his wife was Jewish and personally was opposed to the Nazi regime and its policies.
His heart condition was known to him, although he continued to worsen it by smoking.
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