Baltic Sea

The Finnish steamer Verna H (983t) is seized by German warships and taken to Swinemünde.

Battle of the Atlantic

• The Belgian fishing vessel Maurice Marguerite (28t) sinks on a mine off Dyck Light Vessel with the loss of 3 crewmen.
• The German steamer Trifels (6198t) is captured by the French armed merchant cruiser Koutoubia off the Azores. She is taken to Casablanca and put in French service under the name Saint Louise.

Diplomatic Relations

Through von Ribbentrop, Hitler rejects the offer of mediation by Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold.

Occupied Poland

Friedrich Ubelhör, the president of the Kalisz - Lódz Region, orders all Jews, irrespective of age and sex, to wear a 10 cm wide armband on their right arm, just below the armpit. The armband, as the order has it, was to be colored 'Jewish yellow' containing the Jewish star. Those failing to obey this order are subject to capital punishment. The Jews are also forbidden to leave their apartments between 5 pm and 8 am. Jewish IDs