Historical Events
- "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 performances
Film Awards
22nd Academy Awards: "All The King's Men", Broderick Crawford and Olivia de Havilland win

Olivia de Havilland

Broderick Crawford
- Frances Farmer is released from Western State Hospital
- Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greek government
- UN World Meteorological Org established