Italian philosopher
and statesman. He was a priest, but after his republican ideas
he was exiled to Paris (1834-1845). With the Wars of Independence
he came back to Italy, where he was acclaimed as a prophet.
Unarmed U.S. freighter Vincent
is shelled and sunk by Japanese armed merchant cruisers Aikoku
Maru and Hokoku
Maru about 600 miles northwest of Easter Island, 22°41'S,
118°19'E, and her entire crew captured.