Leon Edel, biographer

Birth

Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront)

Birth

Russia takes part of Poland

Event

Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (La belle estate)

Birth

John Haeton, US, bobsled (Olympic-silver-1928, 48)

Birth

Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va

Event

Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title

Event

Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66)

Birth

Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again)

Birth

1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England)

Event

Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77)

Birth

Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet, dies at 59

Death

J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)

Event

Assn for Study of Negro Life and History organizes in Chicago

Event

Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician, dies

Death

Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved)

Event

-12] Belgian offensive from Antwerp

Event

Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Phila Phillies, 7-0

Event

Guus [August] Oster, Dutch actor/director (Carr‚)

Birth

Assn for study of Negro Life and History forms by Carter G Woodson

Event

Dutch govt of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms

Event

Richard Webb, Bloomington IL, actor (Invisible Monster, Git)

Birth

Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1)

Birth

Boston's police force forms strike

Event

Jacques Marin, Paris, actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo)

Birth