U.S. Marines landed at Ampala, Honduras, during the Honduran Civil War.
U.S. Senator Frank L. Greene was wounded by a stray bullet when he was walking on Pennsylvanian Avenue in Washington, D. C. The shot had been fired in a shootout between bootleggers and Federal agents. He never fully recovered.
The jury in Joe Jackson's case against the White Sox awarded him $16,000 in back pay. The Judge, however, decreed that the award was based on perjured testimony and set the verdict aside. Jackson nonetheless felt himself vindicated.
German emergency powers, which had existed since December 8, lapsed, returning the government to its normal procedures.
