idiocracy noun: 1. Government by idiots. 2. A society governed or populated by idiots.
☰Thought of the Day
"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known." - Charles Dickens, from A Tale of Two Cities, Book III, ch 15.
- Anton Wallerstein, German composer, born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (d. 1892)
- Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1884-87), born in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (d. 1930)
- Thomas Frederick Tout, British historian (Manchester school of historiography), born in London, England (d. 1929)
- Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1928)
- Max Schmeling, German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), born in Klein Luckow, Germany (d. 2005)
- Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter, born in Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab (d. 1931)
- Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (Little Red Riding Hood: Imagery After a Tale by Perrault), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 2007)
- Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½, La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes, The Pizza Triangle), born in Fontana Liri, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1996)
- Dirk Fock is appointed as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies
- Eight Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted by a grand jury, charged with fixing the 1919 World Series in the infamous "Black Sox scandal"
- 200,000 demonstrators demand a declaration of war on Japan in Peking
- "Johnny Carson Show" TV variety last airs on CBS-TV
- The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, sexually assaults, kills, and wounds protesters during a protest rally at Stade du 28 Septembre
- Dudley Allen Sargent, American physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), born in Belfast, Maine (d. 1924)
- Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde), born in Watergraafsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1979)
- "Tuli" Naphtali Kupferberg, American poet and singer (Fugs), born in New York City (d. 2010)
- Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter ("I Should Have Known Better"), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2015)
- George Lynch, American rock guitarist (Lynch Mob - "Wicked Sensations"), born in Spokane, Washington