Events in History
- Karl Radek praises invincible force of German communist party
Assassination Attempt
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt survives assassination attempt but Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak is mortally wounded, he would die on March 29

Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin
Birthdays in History
- Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)