Historical Events
- Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
- Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
Famous Birthdays
- Joel Hefley, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado), born in Ardmore, Oklahoma
- Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (produced Janis Joplin's final album Pearl), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
Famous Deaths
- Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist and archaeologist, dies at 90
- Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (b. 1884)