The first remains of an Australopithecus africanus were found in a quarry in South Africa. The skull was that of a child, perhaps five or six years of age, who was killed by a bird of prey.
The anti Japanese Korean independence organization, and military government the Righteous Government (정의부) organized in West Jiandao, Korea.
Duan Qirui (Tuan Ch'i-jui) was installed by General Feng Yuxiang as the acting President of the Republic of China.
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Syngman Rhee announced plans for a new Korean independence movement from Honolulu.
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He must have been concerned about "fake news".
Park started his adult life as an army officer in the Japanese puppet Manchukuo Imperial Army. After serving a little over two years in that entity during World War Two, he returned to the Korean Military Academy and joined the South Korean Army. He was a figure in the 1961 military coup in South Korea. After large scale protests in 1979 he was assassinated by Kim Jae-gyu, the director of the KCIA, and a close friend of his after a banquet at a safe house in Gungjeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Kim Jae-gyu would be hanged the following year for the action.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association approved allowing amateur athletes to play as professionals in a second sport.
The first baseball game in Korea was held. It was a match between students and American missionaries. The students had learned the game in Japan.
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The House of Representatives passed the 16th Amendment. The Senate had already done so.
Korea turned prison administration over to Japan in what was a step towards full annexation of the Hermit Kingdom.
President Taft withdrew and therefore protected the Oregon Caves National Monument.
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After World War One Shackleton, his health no doubt strained due to the rigors of his trials in exploration, died in the Falklands at age 47. As a practical matter, the Great War effectively ended the final age of exploration.
Japanese Prince Itō Hirobumi was forced to resign as Japan's Resident-General of Korea. Three months later, he would be assassinated, which would lead Japan to annex what had been a protectorate.
Four Caribbean monk seals (Monachus tropicalis) were brought to the New York Aquarium. They were the only ones ever held in captivity.
The last known monk seal died in 1952 and NOAA declared them extinct in 2008.
Burl Ives was born. The charming folk singer and actor was a popular folk figure for many years, in spite of a 1930s association with far left wing politics.
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