Historical Events
Execution
After a one-day show trial, eight Soviet generals are sentenced to death and executed by the NKVD
Joseph Stalin
US Golf Open
US Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins first of his 2 consecutive US titles, 2 strokes ahead of Sam Snead
Sam Snead
Famous Birthdays
- Antal Festetics, Austrian biologist and zoologist, born in Budapest, Hungary
- Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician (Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 2010)
Famous Deaths
- Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1893)