Historical Events
- 8th Olympic games closes in Paris
Famous Birthdays
- Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1989)
- Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
Famous Deaths
- Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 58