UNITED KINGDOM: The RAF places an order for 30 airborne radar sets to be installed in Blenheim fighters within 30 days. (Cris Wetton)

Destroyer HMS Hesperus launched. (DS)

U.S.A.: Honolulu, Hawaii, : The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Honolulu office reopens to work with US Army and Navy on possible spying incidents. (Denis Peck)

Hawthorne, California: Northrop Aircraft Incorporated is founded with John Northrop as President.