President Coolidge gave the famous "You Lose" reply to Associated Press president Frank B. Noyes introduction to the AP conference that stated that Noyes could "get more than two words" out Coolidge.
John Phillip Hill presented petition on the country's liquor prohibition.
Hill was a Congressman from Maryland who would himself be arrested during prohibition after he planted apples and grapes at his home, and used them for alcohol. He renamed his home a "farm", as farmers were allowed to do that for home consumption, which didn't serve to avoid the law. A jury found him not guilty as his products, at a whopping 12% alcohol, were "not intoxicating in fact".
German born Western artist Herman Wendelborg Hansen died at age 70.
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