Historical Events
- Hedley Verity establishes a first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm
Famous Birthdays
- Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, born in Sheffield (d. 1996)
- Otis Crandall Davis, American 400m/4X400m relayer (Olympic gold 1960), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama