In Moscow… Part of eastern Poland is incorporated into Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, following the results of a plebiscite in which the majority of the inhabitants living in the territory reputedly favored annexation. This completes the incorporation of all Polish territory occupied by the USSR.

In Berlin… Hitler recalls his ambassadors from Moscow and Rome for consultations.

In Britain… King George decorates 5 RAF pilots, leaders of a raid on the Kiel Canal.