A French jury acquitted Henriette Caillaux, wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux, of the murder of newspaper editor Gaston Calmette after defense lawyer Fernand Labori (who famously defended Alfred Dreyfus) successfully argued the homicide was a crime of passion and not premeditated.
Born: Carmen Dragon, American film composer, known for film scores including Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in Antioch, California (d.