Historical Events
- British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
Famous Birthdays
- Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer (Natural Superiority of Music), born in Irvington, New Jersey
- Chuck Harmon, American baseball player, born in Washington, Indiana
- Colin Welch, British political journalist and critic of Enid Blyton's Noddy series, born in Ickleton Abbey, Cambridgeshire (d. 1997)