Historical Events
- Dunhuang manuscripts, including the Diamond Sutra, world's oldest surviving dated book, discovered by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu in the Mogao Caves, China
- Russia mobilizes its army in eastern Siberia preparatory to acting against the Chinese, but also in an attempt to diminish the influence of Japan on the Asian mainland
Famous Birthdays
- I. D. du Plessis, South African writer and director (3rd World), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1981)
Lord Mountbatten
Louis Mountbatten, British naval officer and statesman, last Viceroy of India (1947), born in Windsor, England (d. 1979)
Lord Mountbatten