In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev.

• 年,苏联共产党政治局成员瑟鸠·基洛夫在列宁格勒的共产党指挥部被列奥尼德·尼寇拉耶夫枪杀。