German submarine U-268 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a Vickers Wellington of No. 172 Squadron RAF.
Born: Tim Hunt, British biochemist, 2001 Nobel Prize laureate, in Neston; Homer Hickam, American author (Rocket Boys) and retired NASA engineer, in Coalwood, West Virginia; and Lou Christie, American singer (Lightnin' Strikes), as Lugee Sacco in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania .