Events in History
- Sir Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 272.46 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car at Daytona Beach, Florida
Birthdays in History
- Joseph Lechleider, American electrical engineer (invented DSL /high speed internet technology), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, Duchess of Kent, born in Hovingham, United Kingdom