Historical Events
Golf Major
9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen wins at Salisbury Golf Club, Westbury, New York
Walter Hagen
Event of Interest
Henry Ford announces an 8 hour, 5-day work week
Henry Ford
- International slavery convention signed by 20 states
Election of Interest
Mackenzie King is re-elected as Prime Minister of Canada
Mackenzie King
- NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings
- Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant
Famous Birthdays
- Aldo Ray [Da Re], American actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret), born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- Jack Hyles, Independent Baptist pastor (First Baptist Church of Hammond 1959-2001), born in Italy, Ellis County, Texas (d. 2001)
- John Ericson, German actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), born in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Sergei Filatov, Soviet equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960), born in Lysyye Gory, Tambov Governorate (d. 1997)
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Outlaw Bonnie Parker (15) weds Roy Thornton
Bonnie Parker
Famous Deaths
- Herbert Booth, son of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1862)