Babe Ruth quit the Boston Braves after an argument with team owner Emil Fuchs. Ruth wanted to attend an arrival party for the Normandie since he couldn't play anyway due to a knee injury, but Fuchs refused to give him a day off. Ruth said in his initial statement that he was retiring, but he then said he was merely taking a "60 day vacation" and would consider offers from any other teams made afterward. However, no offers would be made.[3][4][5]
Uruguayan President Gabriel Terra was shot by a former deputy from a rival party, Bernando Garcia, while visiting a race course. Although Garcia fired from close range, a bystander bumped his arm as he fired and the bullet merely grazed the president's leg. Garcia was swiftly arrested.[6]
The Normandie took the Blue Riband upon completion of its maiden voyage from France to New York in a record 4 days, 11 hours 33 minutes – 3 hours faster than the old record. At one point the ship attained a sustained speed of 31.89 knots, also a record for an ocean liner.[7]
Bouisson's cabinet fell when the French Chamber of Deputies voted down his request for emergency powers to save the devalued franc – the same issue that brought down Pierre-Étienne Flandin five days earlier.[9]
In a blunt speech in Cagliari, Benito Mussolini told the British to stay out the Abyssinia Crisis, saying "they never took into consideration world opinion" while creating the British Empire. "we have got old, and we have got new accounts to settle with Ethiopia, and we will settle them", Mussolini declared. "We will pay no attention to what is said in foreign countries. We exclusively are the judges of our own interests and the guarantors of our future."[19]
American doctor Bob Smith had his last drink – a beer to steady his hands before surgery. As the cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, this is considered the official establishment date of the organization.[21]
Edward, Prince of Wales made a controversial statement at a British Legion conference when he endorsed an idea that a delegation of German war veterans would be welcomed in Britain and that a delegation of British veterans should visit Germany in return.[23]
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement was signed, allowing Germany to build a navy equal to 35 percent of the tonnage of the Royal Navy.[10] France was angered by the agreement and a rift in Anglo-French relations resulted.[11]
A mutiny in a prison coal mine in Lansing, Kansas was put down after 21 hours. No one was injured but an estimated $25,000 damage was done to the mine.[34]
Prince Edward's recent remarks were brought up in the House of Commons when Aneurin Bevan quizzed Foreign Minister Samuel Hoare about the idea to invite German war veterans to England. The Foreign Minister replied that it was a matter "entirely for the ex-servicemen's organisations" and that he could neither "approve nor disapprove" of the Prince's comments.[35]
Britain sent diplomat Anthony Eden to Rome in another attempt to avert war between Italy and Ethiopia.[20]
A bomb exploded at the American embassy in Mexico City. It was tossed over the embassy's wall and exploded in the patio, but did no damage other than blowing out several windows.[38]
Anthony Eden left Rome after three days of unproductive discussions with Mussolini.[42]
The Reich Labour Service Law went into effect in Nazi Germany, requiring all between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform six months of labour service.[43]
An unofficial poll conducted across Britain to determine the public's level of support for the League of Nations ended after seven months. The results were announced that evening, showing that 11,090,287 out of 11,446,270 (96.8%) favoured continued adherence to the League. 37.9% of all voters across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland cast ballots in the poll.[44]
