1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London

Event

Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St Petersburg

Event

R¢mulo Betancourt, pres of Venezuela (1945-48, 1958-64)

Birth

John Mills, England, actor (Big Sleep, King Rat, War and Peace)

Birth

Great White Fleet, 1st US fleet to circle the globe, returns to Va

Event

Roderick Barclay, diplomat

Birth

Nicholas Monsarrat, Liverpool England, novelist

Birth

Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker

Birth

Al Sears, jazz performer

Birth

J Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph-161.29 kph

Event

Richard Andree, German geographer (Andree's Handatlas), dies at 76

Death

Lowell HS, SF opens (on it's 1st campus)

Event

Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure, Swiss linguist, dies at 55

Death

Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup

Death

Francisco Indalecio Madero, Mex pres, assassinated in milt coup at 39

Death

Dan Seymour, Chicago Ill, actor (We the People, Sing It Again)

Birth

Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war

Event

Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ (1947 fight of year)

Birth

Jane Bowles, writer

Birth

Jack Robertson, cricketer (superb Engld batsman only played 11 Tests)

Birth

Harmen van Rossum, civil servant/resistance fighter (WW II)

Birth

German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships

Event

Germany claims Baltic states, Finland and Ukraine from Russia

Event

Charles O Finley, baseball team owner (Oakland A's)

Birth

Sid Abel, NHLer (1948-49 Hart Trophy)

Birth