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, Baptist pastor (d. 2001)
- John Ericson, German actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), born in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Sergei Filatov, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1960)
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)