Historical Events
- VIII Summer Olympic Games close in Paris, France
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
