Historical Events
- Soviet spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo
Famous Birthdays
- William "Billy" Cox, Guitarist (performed with Jimi Hendrix), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
Famous Deaths
- Dirk Fock, Dutch politician and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921-26), dies at 83
- Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal, dies at 81