Edmund Blunden, English poet/critic (Undertones of War)

Birth

Naomi Mitchison, author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill)

Birth

Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet/dramatist/novelist (The Defeat)

Birth

Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor (Hamburg Orch)

Birth

Jean Tardieu, author

Birth

Gerard "G‚" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder (NVSH)

Birth

Don Robey, US gospel singer

Birth

[Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies

Death

Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor (Devils, Music Lover)

Birth

Laura Laplante, St Louis MO, actress (Cat and Canary)

Birth

George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London

Event

Rio Gebhardt, composer

Birth

Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33

Death

Terence Tenison Cuneo, artist

Birth

Bruno Bjelinski, composer

Birth

1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois

Event

Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively

Event

William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger

Birth

German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile

Event

Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity

Event

Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby

Event

Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front

Event

Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle

Death

Carlos A Nicolaas, Bonaire, teacher/poet

Birth

Michael Denison, York England, actor (Importance of Being Ernest)

Birth