On the Eastern Front… The attacks of Army Group South reach the Dniepr River at Dnepropetrovsk. The town is captured. In the north, Novgorod on the shores of Lake Ilmen is also taken.

In Tokyo… The United States government presents a formal warning to the Japanese along the lines agreed at Placentia Bay.
The text of the note has been toned down somewhat from the draft originally agreed with the British and Dutch, so they do not present their notes in order avoid appearing to disagree with the American position.
No decision on the Japanese proposal of a meeting between Roosevelt and Konoye is offered at this time.