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- Centurion was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Centurion | CPC]
China
- Zhaohe arrived at Qingdao, Shandong, Province, China. ww2dbase [Zhaohe | Qingdao, Shandong | CPC]
- Yi Kang, Prince Imperial Eui, was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum of Japan. ww2dbase [Yi Kang | CPC]
- Georg von Bismarck joined the German 5th Prussian Infantry Regiment as the commanding officer of a motorized company. ww2dbase [Georg von Bismarck | CPC]
Russia
- Vladimir Lenin passed away in Gorki near Moscow, Russia. Joseph Stalin would soon begin to purge his political rivals. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | Gorki, Moscow | CPC]
United States
- USS S-27 was commissioned into service at Groton, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [S-27 | Groton, Connecticut | CPC]
Russia
- The United Kingdom officially recognized the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Iwane Matsui was named the commanding officer of the 35th Infantry Brigade. ww2dbase [Iwane Matsui | CPC]
- Kenkichi Ueda was made the commanding officer of 3rd Cavalry Brigade. ww2dbase [Kenkichi Ueda | CPC]
- Major General Kinzo Watanabe was named the chief of staff of the Taiwan Army. ww2dbase [CPC]
Japan
- Nobutake Kondo was named an aide to Crown Prince Hirohito at Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | Tokyo | CPC]
- Prince Hiroyasu was named the commanding officer of the Yokosuka Military District. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Kikuo Matsumura was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- HMS Hermes was commissioned into service. Captain Arthur Stopford, who had been the commanding officer of the carrier since Feb 1923, remained in command. ww2dbase [Hermes | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Eagle was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Eagle | England | CPC]
- Passenger-cargo ship Tilawa was launched at Hawthorn, Leslie & Company at Hebburn on the Tyne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Tilawa | Hebburn on the Tyne, England | DS]
- Adolf Hitler was put on trial for treason for the failed Beer Hall Putsch. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | CPC]
United States
- USS Pennsylvania departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Pennsylvania | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
- Lewis Puller was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. ww2dbase [Lewis Puller | CPC]
France
- La Motte-Picquet was launched at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [La Motte-Picquet | Lorient, Bretagne | CPC]
France
- General Robert Nivelle, the French Commander-in-Chief (1916-1917) died in France. ww2dbase [AC]
Japan
- Prince Hiroyasu's third child, Prince Hirotada, passed away. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Greece proclaimed itself a republic. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Adolf Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch; he would be released after only 9 months. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | CPC]
- Canada established its own air force. The Royal Canadian Air Force began its existence with just 68 officers and 307 airmen. Its role was specified as mapping, flying treaty money to native Canadians, hunting smugglers and illegal immigrants, and carrying mail and injured persons. ww2dbase [AC]
- Settsu began its conversion into a target ship. One of her boiler rooms and her center funnel would be removed, and her armor was to be thickened to absorb more hits. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- James Gavin was sworn in to the United States Army. ww2dbase [James Gavin | CPC]
- S-18 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [S-18 | CPC]
- Roza Shanina was born in the village of Yedma, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ww2dbase [Roza Shanina | Yedma, Arkhangelsk | CPC]
- Italian Fascists won the elections in Italy with a 2/3 majority. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- James Gavin was given the rank of private and was assigned to the US Army Artillery Corps. ww2dbase [James Gavin | CPC]
- Captain Isoroku Yamamoto visited the United States as a member of the Japanese delegation. Among other places, he visited the United States Naval War College. ww2dbase [Isoroku Yamamoto | CPC]
Yugoslavia
- The aircraft manufactcurer Prva Srpska Fabrika Aeroplana Zivojin Rogozarski was established in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [Belgrade, Serbia | CPC]
- Sendai was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Sendai | CPC]
- Georg von Bismarck was promoted to the rank of Hauptmann. ww2dbase [Georg von Bismarck | CPC]
- Hiroaki Abe was transferred out of cruiser Tama. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
- Commander Noboru Hirota was made the acting commanding officer of Kamoi. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Construction of the passenger-cargo ship Tilawa was completed and the ship was turned over to the British India Steam Navigation Company. ww2dbase [Tilawa | Hebburn on the Tyne, England | DS]
- A Douglas DT-2 torpedo bomber was launched from the carrier USS Langley, while the ship was at anchor in Pensacola Bay, Florida, United States. ww2dbase [Langley (Langley-class) | Pensacola Bay, Florida | AC]
United States
- J. Edgar Hoover was made the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ww2dbase [J. Edgar Hoover | CPC]
- Martin Bormann received a 10-year sentence for the murder of Walther Kadow. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Rudolf Höss received a 10-year sentence for the murder of Walther Kadow. ww2dbase [Rudolf Höss | CPC]
France
- Primauguet was launched at the Arsenal de Brest in France. ww2dbase [Arsenal de Brest | Primauguet | Brest, Bretagne | CPC]
United States
- USS S-29 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [S-29/P556 | CPC]
Japan
- USS Stewart supported the aerial circumnavigation of four US Army Air Corps Douglas World Cruiser biplane seaplanes near Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
China
- Deng Xihou was named the provincial governor of Sichuan, China by the Beiyang warlord government. ww2dbase [Deng Xihou | Sichuan | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Stilwell completed the Advanced Officer's Course, Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Columbus, Georgia | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Stilwell was made the Assistant Executive at Fort Benning, Georgia, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Columbus, Georgia | CPC]
- Commander Frank Roberts was named the commanding officer of USS Canopus, replacing Commander Lucien Kimball. ww2dbase [Canopus | CPC]
Japan
- Light carrier Hosho entered Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan for post-commissioning modification work. ww2dbase [Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Hosho | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Eagle was assigned to the British Mediterranean Fleet. ww2dbase [Eagle | CPC]
- Fascists kidnapped and killed Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome, Italy; Matteotti had just accused the Fascists of fraud ten days earlier. ww2dbase [CPC, AC]
United Kingdom
- Arthur Coningham was Mentioned in Despatches. ww2dbase [Arthur Coningham | CPC]
United States
- George Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [George Bush | Milton, Massachusetts | CPC]
- Mussolini used the Blackshirt combat legions to restore order in Italy after the murder of Socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti. ww2dbase [Benito Mussolini | CPC]
- The Whampoa Military Academy was founded in China. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Stewart completed its assignment with supporting the aerial circumnavigation of four US Army aircraft. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- USS Stewart supported the aerial circumnavigation of four US Army Air Corps Douglas World Cruiser biplane seaplanes near Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Shanghai | CPC]
- Audie Murphy was born. ww2dbase [Audie Murphy | CPC]
Japan
- Engineering Captain Nobuta Kishimoto was made the commanding officer of Maizuru work department in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Rochefort requested transfer to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, United States, noting that its proximity to the University of California would allow him to take Japanese language courses; the request would be denied. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | California | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Herndon Browning Kelly stepped down as the commanding officer of USS Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- Lieutenant Commander Charles Lewis Best was made the commanding officer of USS Stewart. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- USS Nevada arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for repairs. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Nevada | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt gave a speech in support of Governor Alfred E. Smith during the Democratic Party National Convention in New York, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | New York | CPC]
- Omar Bradley was promoted to the rank of major. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
South Africa
- Jan Smuts stepped down as the Prime Minister of South Africa. ww2dbase [Jan Smuts | CPC]
China
- Vi Kyuin "Wellington" Koo was made the interim premier of the Chinese Beiyang Government. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | CPC]
- Whitehall was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Whitehall | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Hermes participated in a fleet review in Spithead in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Hermes | Spithead, England | CPC]
- The Italian Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale (National Security Volunteer Militia) was re-organized as a branch of the military. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The US airship Shenandoah proved that dirigibles could operate at sea by mooring to a mast on the USS Patoka while the ship was under way off the east coast of the United States. It remained docked for nearly 24 hours. Later in the month, Shenandoah carried out the first fleet operation by an American rigid airship, locating an "enemy" force 200 miles out to sea. ww2dbase [AC]
- France began to withdraw its troops from Germany. ww2dbase [CPC]
Japan
- Light carrier Hosho's modification work was completed at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, which saw the removal of her island, mast, and crane. ww2dbase [Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Hosho | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- General Soroku Suzuki was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Shinnosuke Kikuchi. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Lieutenant General Takaichi Kanno was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army. ww2dbase [CPC]
Taiwan
- Takio Izawa was named the governor-general of Taiwan. ww2dbase [CPC]
Hawaii
- Daniel Inouye was born in Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Daniel Inouye | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
United States
- USS Marblehead was commissioned into service with Captain Chauncey Shackford in command. ww2dbase [Marblehead | CPC]
- Philippe Leclerc was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant. ww2dbase [Philippe Leclerc | CPC]
Belgium
- Jacques Leroy was born in Binche, Henegouwen (Hainaut) Province, Belgium. ww2dbase [Jacques Leroy | Binche, Henegouwen | CPC]
Italy
- The Italian left wing deputy Armando Casalioni was killed in retaliation for the murder of Giacomo Matteotti. ww2dbase [AC]
China
- Vi Kyuin "Wellington" Koo stepped down as the interim premier of Chinese Beiyang Government. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | CPC]
United States
- USS S-39 departed San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [S-39 | San Francisco, California | CPC]
- USS S-41 departed the west coast of the United States. ww2dbase [S-41 | CPC]
United States
- Shortly after 0000 hour, while Joseph Rochefort was acting as the officer of the deck, tanker Cuyama and the several destroyers attached to her began drifting into the San Francisco Bay in California, United States, causing minor damage to various ships but causing no casualties. Rochefort would escape blame in the resulting inquiry, receiving only a minor reprimand on his file. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | San Francisco, California | CPC]
- Miles Browning was certified a US Navy pilot. ww2dbase [Miles Browning | CPC]
United States
- Franklin Roosevelt visited Warm Springs, Georgia, United States for the first time; the warm waters there were said to have healing powers. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Warm Springs, Georgia | CPC]
Tajikistan
- The Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Peng Chin was born. ww2dbase [Peng Chin | CPC]
- Captain Noboru Hirota was made the commanding officer of Kamoi. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
- Philippe Leclerc was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. ww2dbase [Philippe Leclerc | CPC]
Uzbekistan
- The Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic was formed. ww2dbase [CPC]
France
- The keel of Duquesne was laid down at the Arsenal de Brest, France. ww2dbase [Duquesne | Brest, Bretagne | CPC]
Philippines
- USS S-38 arrived at Manila Bay, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [S-38 | Manila Bay | CPC]
- USS Canopus arrived at Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Canopus | Manila Bay | CPC]
Philippines
- Light carrier Hosho was transferred out of the 1st Fleet. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
- Lorraine began a period of refitting. ww2dbase [Lorraine | CPC]
Japan
- The keel of Nachi was laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Nachi | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
Austria
- Karl Wiligut was arrested by the police in Austria and was taken to a mental hospital, where he would be diagnosed with schizophrenia. ww2dbase [Karl Wiligut | CPC]
- Haruki Isayama graduated from the Japanese Army War College in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Haruki Isayama | Tokyo | CPC]
- Tamon Yamaguchi was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. ww2dbase [Tamon Yamaguchi | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of commander. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Chiaki Matsuda was made a squad leader aboard battleship Mutsu. ww2dbase [Chiaki Matsuda | CPC]
- Captain Yoshio Takita was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Tenryu | CPC]
- Captain Kumagoro Migita was named the commanding officer of Settsu. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Minoru Ota was assigned to the First Naval District in Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Minoru Ota | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Masaichi Niimi was promoted to the rank of commander. ww2dbase [Masaichi Niimi | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Naojiro Honshuku was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. ww2dbase [Chinkai Guard District | Chinkai, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Shinichi Oguri was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
United States
- USS Nevada arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for overhaul. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Nevada | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
United States
- Joseph Rochefort was assigned to battleship USS Arizona based at San Pedro, California, United States as the ship's assistant engineering officer. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | San Pedro, California | CPC]
- A new method in the launch of ship-based aircraft was displayed with the explosive-powered catapult launch of a Martin MO-1 observation plane from the forward turret of the USS Mississippi. Previously, ships other than aircraft-carriers had to come to a halt in order to lower the aircraft into the water to allow them to take off. ww2dbase [Mississippi | AC]
- In a letter to Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill noted that there was no need to worry about Japan in their lifetime. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | CPC]
United States
- The order for the construction of cruiser Northampton was issued. ww2dbase [Northampton | CPC]
Taiwan
- Vice Admiral Eizaburo Fujiwara was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
Albania
- Albania was declared a republic. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- USS S-43 was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Clinton E. Braine, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [S-43 | CPC]
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Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, Aug 1939