The Australian 24th Brigade advanced to Leaney's Corner and flanked the Japanese defenders on the Kokoda Track.Joseph Stalin issued an Order of the Day on the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution promising that the enemy "will yet feel the weight of the Red Army's smashing blows.".Born: Jean Shrimpton, model and actress, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.The comedy-mystery film Who Done It? starring Abbott and Costello was released.The Church of England abolished its rule requiring women to wear hats in church.The British passenger ship City of Cairo was torpedoed and sunk south of Saint Helena by German submarine U-68 with the loss of 104 of the 311 people on board.It was known as Carlson's Patrol after the battalion's commander Evans Carlson. An operation by the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion during the Guadalcanal Campaign began.The Battle of Madagascar ended in Allied victory.Cohan, 64, American songwriter and entertainer Born: Pierangelo Bertoli, singer-songwriter and poet, in Sassuolo, Italy (d.German submarines U-647, U-658 and U-712 were commissioned.German submarine U-408 was depth charged and sunk north of Iceland by an American Catalina.Fighting in and around Stalingrad forced the city's power plant to shut down.German submarines U-169 and U-416 were commissioned.German submarine U-132 was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the explosion of the British cargo ship Hatimura, which had just been torpedoed by U-442.The Matanikau Offensive ended in American victory.Violette Cunnington, 32, mistress to actor Leslie Howard ( sepsis).Ernest Gibbins, 41, British entomologist (speared to death by Ugandan tribesmen).German submarine U-198 was commissioned.One of the escapees was wounded in a shootout with authorities. The fugitives in the Escape from Fort Stanton were recaptured.The Republican Party gained seats but the Democrats retained control of both chambers. The United States midterm elections were held.The Koli Point action began on Guadalcanal.Erwin Rommel received an order from Adolf Hitler to "stand and die", but disregarded it as plans for a withdrawal were already in place.Died: John Eldridge Jr., 39, United States Naval Aviator, killed in action in the Solomon Islands.Ron Reed, baseball player, in La Porte, Indiana.Stefanie Powers, actress, in Hollywood, California.
The BBC began French-language broadcasts to Canada.Stars and Stripes became a daily publication, the first in U.S.Australian troops captured the village of Kokoda and the accompanying airfield.Died: Hugo Distler, 34, German organist and composer.Marcia Wallace, actress, in Creston, Iowa (d.Ralph Klein, politician, in Calgary, Alberta (d.Larry Flynt, adult magazine publisher, in Lakeville, Kentucky (d.Since the country was a one-party state, the National Union claimed 100% of the vote. Legislative elections were held in Portugal.Strikes broke out in Haute-Savoie in protest of the Vichy government's forced recruitment of labour for Germany.The Embassy of the Soviet Union posted a bulletin announcing that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet had formed a committee for the investigation of war crimes committed by the Germans and their associates to the people and property of the USSR.Escape from Fort Stanton: Four German sailors escaped from an internment camp at Fort Stanton, New Mexico.forces began the Matanikau Offensive on Guadalcanal.
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