Historical Events
- Harry James Smith's "Mrs Bumsted-Leigh" premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
- Michael Woodruff, English surgeon and scientist (organ transplantation), born in Mill Hill, London (d. 2001)
- Stanislawa Walasiewicz [Stella Walsh], Polish-American sprinter (Olympic gold 1932), born in Wierzchownia, Poland (d. 1980)
- W. R. Lee, English language teacher and internationalist, born in Hillingdon, Middlesex (d. 1996)
- Watkins Shaw, British musicologist, born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1996)