The 80,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth was launched by the Queen Mother 

First test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France) 

First published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues 

Bostons Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 

The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first passenger rail service, opened, with its first steam locomotive travelling at 10 mph