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World War II: During the second raid on Schweinfurt, the U.S. 8th Air Force suffered so many losses that it lost air supremacy over Germany for several months.
Second World War: During the Blitz, a semi-armour-piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above Balham station in London, which was being used as an air raid shelter, killing at least 64 people.
Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the latter was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland.
World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
With the success of Project 596, China became the world's fifth nuclear power.
The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)
Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)
World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
World War II: Allied aircraft sank the German cargo ship Sinfra, killing mostly Italian POWs.
World War II: The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
World War II: American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.
World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
World War II: Fulfilling a promise he made two years previously, General Douglas MacArthur landed on Leyte to begin the recapture of the Philippines.