War Admiral wins the Kentucky Derby. The son of Man O' War will go on to win the Triple Crown War Admiral
Pulitzer Prizes awarded: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for its exposure of wholesale fraudulent registration in St. Louis, Public Service; Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, Novel; You Can't Take it With You, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, Drama; The Flowering of New England 1815-1865, Van Wyck Brooks, History; Hamilton Fish, by Allan Nevins, Biography; A Further Range, by Robert Frost, Poetry