△In Britain…
Towards evening, one of the first batches of German magnetic mines to be dropped by parachute, by a low-flying He111, lands on the mud flats at Shoeburyness, near the Thames Estuary and British authorities are immediately informed. Meanwhile, a national savings scheme is launched under the slogan “Lend to Defend the Right to be Free.”

△In London…
Navicerts, warrants first issued in 1915 to neutral ships carrying cargos not harmful to the Allies, are reintroduced.

△In Paris…
The French government announces reprisals, similar to those announced by the British government, concerning the German use of mines.

△In Bucharest…
The Romanian cabinet resigns.