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- Babe Ruth quit the Boston Braves after an argument with team owner Emil Fuchs. Ruth wanted to attend an arrival party for the Normandie since he couldn't play anyway due to a knee injury, but Fuchs refused to give him a day off. Ruth said in his initial statement that he was retiring, but he then said he was merely taking a "60 day vacation" and would consider offers from any other teams made afterward. However, no offers would be made.[3][4][5]
- Uruguayan President Gabriel Terra was shot by a former deputy from a rival party, Bernando Garcia, while visiting a race course. Although Garcia fired from close range, a bystander bumped his arm as he fired and the bullet merely grazed the president's leg. Garcia was swiftly arrested.[6]
- Born: Roger Brierley, actor, in Stockport, Cheshire, England (d. 2005); Dimitri Kitsikis, Turkologist, in Athens, Greece; Carol Shields, American-born Canadian author, in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2003)
- The Normandie took the Blue Riband upon completion of its maiden voyage from France to New York in a record 4 days, 11 hours 33 minutes – 3 hours faster than the old record. At one point the ship attained a sustained speed of 31.89 knots, also a record for an ocean liner.[7]
- 400 people in Mexico died in flooding.[8]
- The On-to-Ottawa Trek by thousands of unemployed men began in Western Canada.
- The Swiss government introduced a significant armament expansion program.[10]
- Bahram won The Derby.[11]
- The German Propaganda Ministry ordered newspapers to make no mention of the expatriated writer Thomas Mann's 60th birthday tomorrow.[12]
- A mutiny in a prison coal mine in Lansing, Kansas was put down after 21 hours. No one was injured but an estimated $25,000 damage was done to the mine.[34]
- Prince Edward's recent remarks were brought up in the House of Commons when Aneurin Bevan quizzed Foreign Minister Samuel Hoare about the idea to invite German war veterans to England. The Foreign Minister replied that it was a matter "entirely for the ex-servicemen's organisations" and that he could neither "approve nor disapprove" of the Prince's comments.[35]
- Born: Derren Nesbitt, actor, in London, England
- Britain sent diplomat Anthony Eden to Rome in another attempt to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia.[20]
- A bomb exploded at the American embassy in Mexico City. It was tossed over the embassy's wall and exploded in the patio, but did no damage other than blowing out several windows.[38]
- 14 people died in an air crash in Medellín, Colombia, including singer and film actor Carlos Gardel.[39]
- German runner Otto Peltzer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for "homosexual offenses".[40]
- Born: Ron Kramer, American football player, in Girard, Kansas (d. 2010); Terry Riley, composer, in Colfax, California
- Died: Carlos Gardel, 44, French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor (plane crash)
- Anthony Eden left Rome after three days of unproductive discussions with Mussolini.[42]
- The Reich Labour Service Law went into effect in Nazi Germany, requiring all between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform six months of labour service.[43]
- An unofficial poll conducted across Britain to determine the public's level of support for the League of Nations ended after seven months. The results were announced that evening, showing that 11,090,287 out of 11,446,270 (96.8%) favoured continued adherence to the League. 37.9% of all voters across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland cast ballots in the poll.[44]
- At Fenway Park in Boston, Danno O'Mahony pinned Jim Londos to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship.[45]
- Born: Ramon Zamora, martial arts film actor, in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines (d. 2007)
- 75 were reported dead in Japan's worst flooding in half a century.[46]
- Reports surfaced that Hitler was using body doubles to thwart any potential assassins.[11]
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