RAF Fighter Command: Shetlands; bombs dropped on land and aimed at cargo vessel, by unknown number of enemy aircraft. Enemy escaped in low cloud.

With recurrent reports of an imminent invasion by Germany, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain reassures Belgium of Britain's pledge to assist the Belgians if they are attacked. 

Destroyers HMS Ledbury and Milne laid down.

Corvette HMS Gladiolus launched.
 

SPAIN: Madrid: The Spanish council of ministers passes a law banning Freemasonry throughout Spain.

CANADA: Flower-class corvettes HMCS Amherst, Sackville, Moncton, Levis, Shawinigan and Lunenburg ordered.

ATLANTIC OCEAN: