The Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.

USA President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech.

Edward the Confessor dies without an heir, triggering a succession crisis.

Two of Libyan MiG-23 planes are shot down by two US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.

The Mars Polar Lander is launched.

The Duquesne Spy Ring is broken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

In Indonesia, Adam Air Flight 574 disappears with 102 people on board.