27 Mar 1940
- New Zealand Prime Minister Michael Savage died from cancer. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The French government requested the Soviet Union to recall its ambassador to Paris, France. ww2dbase [Paris | CPC]
- Tambor-class submarine Thresher was launched at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States. Ship sponsor was Mrs. Margaret Cox Jones, wife of the yard's superintendent of construction and Medal of Honor recipient, Captain Claud A. Jones. ww2dbase [Electric Boat Company | Thresher | Groton, Connecticut | DS]
- A dredge was towed to Midway Atoll to begin work to enlarge the basin and channels between the two main islands. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]
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