Events in History
- Jean Genet's "Intermezzo" premieres in Paris
- The Reichstag, German parliament building, destroyed by fire; set by the Nazis, who blame it on Communists
Birthdays in History
- 6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile
- Edward Lucie-Smith, British poet and poetry critic, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO (Sears)
- Malcolm Wallop, American politician (Sen-R-WY, 1977- )