Penguin Books publishes the first "paperback" book.
Studs Lonigan - A Trilogy[?] is published by James T. Farrell[?]. In 2001, the book would be named as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library.
... Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer
November 30 - Clyfford Still, painter
Deaths:
January 20 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor of th ...