The Illini of the University of Illinois were awarded the Rissler Cup after finishing first in the Dickinson System ratings for college football teams, under a formula devised by a University of Illinois economics professor, Frank G. Dickenson.
Born: Bhumibol Adulyadej, officially Rama IX, King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016, in Cambridge, Massachusetts; W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan singer and composer, in Moratuwa; and Oscar Miguez, Uruguayan footballer who helped that nation win the 1950 World Cup (d.