Historical Events
- Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen
Famous Birthdays
- Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), born in York, Pennsylvania
- Edward Keinholz, American artist and sculptor, born in Fairfield, Washington (d. 1994)
Famous Deaths
- Joseph "Squizzy" Taylor, Australian gangster, dies of wounds following a gunfight with a rival gangster, John "Snowy" Cutmore, at 39