Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet and novelist who had been imprisoned since January 17, 1938, on charges of "provoking military personnel to rebel against their superiors", was released after receiving a pardon from the new government [REF].
Died: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German World War II ace and four time winner of the Knight's Cross, who had 121 victories at night; two days after a truck collided with his car and spilled its cargo on top of him, "breaking almost every bone in his body" [REF] .