World Events
- John Logie Baird invents television.
- Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan.
- The Pasteur Institute in Paris announces the discovery of an anti-tetanus serum.
- Alan Cobham makes aviation history when he lands his sea plane on the Thames at Westminster to complete his record 28,000 mile round-trip to Australia. It took his De Havilland 50 biplane 29 days each way on the journey across Europe, the Middle East, India and the Dutch East Indies.