Events in History
Event of Interest
Eamon De Valera becomes President of Ireland

Éamon de Valera
- Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
Birthdays in History
- Simon Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer and poet (Han de Wit goes in development aid), born in Amsterdam (d. 2011)
- Sister Bernard Ncube, South African religious sister and anti-apartheid, born in Johannesburg (d. 2012)