Historical Events
- Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, NY opens, 1st US bobsled run open to public
- Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,422
- Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
Famous Birthdays
- Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian boxer and coach and father of Andre Agassi, born in Salmas, Iran
- Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1986)
Famous Deaths
- Harvey Worthington Loomis, American composer (Lyrics of the Red Man), dies at 65