Teresa Gullace, seven months pregnant, was killed by a German soldier when she attempted to pass a sandwich to her husband, who was detained by the Germans in Rome. She was part of a group of women that had gathered to protest the Germans holding their husbands.
The scene was later depicted in Rosellini's 1945 Rome open city, one of three great films by the director set during World War Two and filmed immediately after, and which used amateur actors to a large degree.
The U.S. Army Air Force hit the Roman rail facilities at the Tiburtino, Littorio and Ostiense marshalling yards. There were 400 civilian casualties.
Over 500 railroad passengers died of carbon monoxide poisoning during a protracted stall in a tunnel at Balvano, Italy. It's one of the worst rail disasters of all time.
Stalin shut the door on further negotiations on the Polish border.
The Soviet Union created the Medal of Ushakov and the Medal of Nakhimov, both of which were awarded to sailors. Interestingly, they were both named after Imperial Russian officers.
Japanese troops on Los Negros launched a night attack, which was repulsed by US cavalrymen.
The 3d Infantry Division repulsed a German attack on the Anzio beachhead at Ponte Rotto. It would be the last German offensive action at Anzio.
Paul-Émile Janson, a Belgian Prime Minister just before World War Two, died at Buchewald at age 71.
