Historical Events
- 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
- 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China
Famous Birthdays
- Adolfo Suarez, premier of Spain (1976-81), (d. 2014)
- Erik Darling, folk singer (Rooftop Singers), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
- Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster
- Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter (Ian & Sylvia), born in Victoria, British Columbia
Famous Deaths
- Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist, dies at 53
- Ring Lardner, American writer (b. 1885)