Historical Events
- Construction of Spirit of St Louis (the monoplane which Charles Lindburgh was to fly across the Atlantic) is completed
Famous Birthdays
- Betsy Ancker-Johnson, American physicist and auto company executive, born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Big Jay [Cecil James] McNeely, American R&B saxophonist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2018)
- Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint (Olympic silver 1948)