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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
– International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern
– Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
– The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty eight years.
– The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
– Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
– British Airship R101 crashes in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
– Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
– Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Sōka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
– Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
Who Were Born On ?
– Magnus Malan, South African politician
– E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator of children’s and young adult fiction
– Antony Armstrong-Jones, British aristocrat, Lord Snowdon, former husband of Princess Margaret
– Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland
– Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999)
– Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
– Robert W. Firestone, American clinical psychologist, author and visual artist.
– John W. Young, American astronaut
– Bruce Geller, American screenwriter and television producer (d. 1978)