Historical Events
- Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat" premieres in New York City
- Philip Barry's "Paris Bound" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Famous Birthdays
- Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director, and writer (All My Children), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
- Antony Gardner, British politician