Rumania signs Tripartite Pact. (See September 27, 1940)
US appoints Admiral Leahy Ambassador in Vichy (France).
Heavy night raids on Southampton by 120 aircraft: numerous fires; liner Llandovery Castle (10,600 t) badly damaged.
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