To reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war, the Hotline between the US President and the Soviet Premier was established 

Joseph John Thomson, English physicist, dies 

Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa 

Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro 

Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed 

The first stereo system, for a telephonic broadcasting service, was patented in Germany by Clement Adler 

Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand physicist, is born 

Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch naturalist and microscopist, dies