Resignation of General Charles de Gaulle. The French Assembly chooses new Provisional President Félix Gouin, who is presented with the formal notification of his election. In Keota, Oklahoma, Virgil Greenwood, army veteran, celebrates his prosperous oil well drilled on the property he leased prior to his enrollment in the army. Winston Churchill makes an appearance during a street parade in New York. Churchill delivers a speech aimed toward sustaining peace and freedom by defending the principles embodied in the charter of the UN.