Pan American Airways, which would grow to become one of the world's largest airlines before its bankruptcy in 1991, was awarded its first flight route, signing the contract to transport American mail between Key West and Havana.
Died: Sheikh Amadou Bamba, 74, Senegalese Muslim religious leader and founder of the Murid Order; and Zhao Shiyan, Chinese Communist official, who was executed after being captured by Nationalist forces .