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Historical Event(s)
– The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
– In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 in wide and 8 in thick.
– In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
– The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
– Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
– The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
– Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
– Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
– The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
– Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
Who Were Born On ?
– Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (d. 1962)
– Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
– Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1938)
– Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, social activist and educationist in Maharashtra, India (d. 1959)
– Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
– Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)
– Samuil Marshak, Russian writer and children’s poet (d. 1964)
– Bernard Montgomery, British World War II commander (d. 1976)
– Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)
– Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)