The Siege of Oviedo, which had started on July 19 with a Republican investiture, ended in a Nationalist victory.
Col. Antonio Aranda Mata, the commander of the besieged Nationalist at Oviedo. He'd be sacked by Franco in the 1940s for being part of a secret monarchist movement, but was restored to rank and promoted by King Juan Carlos. He died at age 90 in 1979.
Newspaper owner Lord Beaverbrook called on King Edward VIII and informed him that he would help enforce a voluntary media blackout on the king's relationship with Wallace Simpson.
Paris conducted a nocturnal practice air raid.
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