Historical Events
- Germany sinks US ships Carib & Evelyn & torpedoe Norwegian ship Regin
- Nevada enforces convenient divorce law
Famous Birthdays
- Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth)
- Jon Hall, American actor (Ramar of the Jungle), born in Fresno, California (d. 1979)
- Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007)
Famous Deaths
- Robert Smalls, African-American congressman (1875-87), dies at 75