The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
It was officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games.
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Dr. John J. Livingood reported the first synthetic production of a natural form of radium.
The Codex Sinaiticus – one of the oldest known copies of the bible – was discovered in Egypt.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.
The first Mormon Pioneers left their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois, and began the long trek to the Salt Lake Valley.
Adolf Hitler appointed himself as the head of the Armed Forces High Command.
