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Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.
Dee Palmer, keyboardist, saxophonist and string arranger for Jethro Tull, is born.
Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra record Yours And Mine, I'm Feeling Like A Million and other tracks for Decca Records in the USA.
Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Her life and achievements will be celebrated in the song Amelia Earhart's Last Flight by Yodelling Cowboy Red River Dave McEnery. This is thought to have been the first song ever performed on commercial television, at the 1939 World's Fair. In 1972, the British group Plainsong will release an LP entitled, In Search of Amelia Earhart, which includes the song The True Story Of Amelia Earhart. Joni Mitchel will include a tribute song, Amelia, on her 1976 album, Hejira. Songs inspired by Earhart will also be recorded by artists including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Heather Nova, Deb Talan, Nemo, Tom McRae, John Mclaughlin and Bell XI.
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra record Public Melody Number One, Yours And Mine and Red Cap for Decca Records in the USA.
Lew Stone and His Band continue their lengthy residency at the Cafe De Paris, London, UK.