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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
– Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
– Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
– World War II: Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
– The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
– Jedwabne Pogrom: the massacre of Jewish people living in and near the village of Jedwabne in Poland.
– Holocaust: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobitsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
– World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
– Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
Who Were Born On ?
– Long John Baldry, British blues singer (d. 2005)
– Paul Tsongas, American politician (d. 1997)
– Wilson Pickett, American singer (d. 2006)
– Julie Christie, British actress
– Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
– Senta Berger, Austrian actress
– John Boccabella, American baseball player
– Clive Puzey, Zimbabwean racing driver
– Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer (d. 2011)
– Donald “Duck” Dunn, American musician (Booker T. and the M.G.'s)