Historical Events
- Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb
- Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment
Famous Birthdays
- Colin Welland, British screenwriter (Chariots of Fire) and actor (Straw Dogs), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2015)
Famous Deaths
- Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Jewish poet, dies at 61
- Marie Curie, Polish-French scientist who discovered radium and the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), dies at 66