Michelangelo Antonioni, Ferrara Italy, director (Blow-up, Red Desert)

Birth

French/British troops lands on Samoa

Event

Viscount Lambert

Birth

Silvio Piola, soccer star

Birth

Stanley E Kramer, NYC, producer/director (Inherit the Wind)

Birth

Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55

Death

Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St NYC

Event

Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game

Event

Jean Bouin, French marathoner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies in battle

Death

Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant

Event

Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress (Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark)

Birth

Ann Nagel, Boston MA, actress (Don Winslow of the Navy)

Birth

British army conquerors Chilly al Imara, Mesopotami‰

Event

Dutch Opera's 1st performance

Event

Rudi Stephan, composer, dies at 28

Death

Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta

Event

Phila Phillies clinch their 1st pennant

Event

Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in NYC

Event

1st transcontinental radio telephone message is sent

Event

Luther Orlando Emerson, composer, dies at 95

Death

Trevor Howard, England, actor (Mutiny on Bounty, Ryan's Daughter)

Birth

Minao Shibata, composer

Birth

Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist

Birth

Eduard earl van Keyserling, German writer (Frhlingsopfer), dies at 63

Death

Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line

Event