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Spanish conqueror Hernandez Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztec Indians.

William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut, received a patent for a coin-operated telephone.

An all-black army unit was accused of a shooting rampage that left one civilian dead at Ft. Brown in Brownsville, Texas. In 1972, they were all exonerated.

Adolf Hitler rejected the post of Vice Chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out “for all or nothing.”

The United States beat Canada, 19-8 in poor conditions outdoors to win the gold medal in the inaugural men’s basketball competition at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

Disney’s Bambi opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo I.

The city of Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the eastern and western sectors. East German police and troops used barbed wire and barricades to block crossing points in order to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later, work began on the Berlin Wall.

Dave DeBusschere, playing for the Chicago White Sox, pitched a shutout against the Cleveland Indians. Dave DeBusschere was an NBA Hall-of-Famer, playing first for the Detroit Pistons and then later for the New York Knicks.