Historical Events
Film Release
"A Connecticut Yankee" film based on novel by Mark Twain, directed by David Butler, starring Will Rogers is released
Will Rogers
Mark Twain
- 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
- 1st Scottsboro (Alabama) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
Famous Birthdays
- Ivan Dixon, American actor, director and civil rights activist (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes,The Final War of Olly Winter), born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
- Joan Carlyle, British soprano
Famous Deaths
- Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73