German General Karl von Le Suire, commander of the German XXXXIX Mountain Corps, ordered the burning of the Greek city of Kalavryta and the execution of its male population in reprisal for the execution of 80 German prisoners of war by partisans. They would ultimately kill 58 men and boys in Rogoi, and 37 in Kerpini. At Mega Spilaio they murdered 22 monks and visitors.
Von Le Suire would surrender his command to the Soviets at the end of the war, and he would die in their captivity in 1954 at age 55.
The Battle of San Pietro Infine commenced with Italians fighting alongside the Allies.
On the same day Free French troops, some of whom were North African, began to be introduced to the fighting in Italy while veterans American and British units started to be withdrawn in order to be used in Overlord.
President Roosevelt visited Malta.
The Australians prevailed in the Battle of Wareo.
The U.S. Navy bombed Kwajalein
Legendary rock music artist Jim Morrison was born in Melbourne, Florida.
Talented but deeply personally troubled and an alcoholic, Morrison's father was a Navy officer who would rise to the rank of Admiral.
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