UNITED KINGDOM: 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force is re-designated as a fighter squadron but equipped with Hawker Hinds.
GERMANY: The Fallschirm-Infanterie Battalion (army paratroopers) are officially transferred to the Luftwaffe as the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Parachute Regiment, II/FJR 1.
Identity card laws are brought in. All Jews are required to wear badges identifying themselves as such. Jewish shopkeepers and artisans are banned from any commercial activity from today. Jews are also banned from working with non-Jewish Germans. (Jack McKillop)
U.S.A.: The army officially changes to a 12 man squad from the 8 man squad. (Chuck Baisden, Gordon Rottman)