Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US, isolated Streptomycin, which became the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis (TB).
Furniture retailer IKEA opened its first store in Sweden.
Italian Fascist Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was removed from office.
Palermo, Sicily was liberated by US forces.
American movie studio executives allowed the Office of War Information to review their scripts.
Winston Churchill fell ill with pneumonia.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a 48-hour working week order to increase production during World War II.
The New York Times published a government message that the US would be rationing shoes.
Construction of The Pentagon was completed.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Morocco, where he met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss allies during World War II.