Operation Blissful, the Raid on Choiseul in the Solomon's, commenced.
The raid was conducted by Marine Corps paratroopers, although they landed by landing craft, and was designed to divert and confuse Japanese troops as to Bougainville. It is not known to what extent the raid achieved that goal.
Coal miner strikes in the US increase momentum.
Churchill addressed the Commons about rebuilding its damaged structure.
The Soviets established the military award The Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky (Орден Богдана Хмельницького), the only Soviet Award written in Ukrainian. It was named after a Ukrainian Cossack Hetman.
