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Historical Event(s)
– The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
– Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
– Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, dies in British prison under mysterious circumstances.
– Boxer Rebellion: The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
– Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
– In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
– The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
– The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Who Were Born On ?
– Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1948)
– Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)
– Joseph Rochefort, American naval officer and cryptanalyst (d. 1976)
– Martin Bormann, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
– Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (d. 1987)
– John T. Scopes, American teacher and evolutionist (d. 1970)
– Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
– Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
– Wayne Morse, American politician (d. 1974)
– Jonel Perlea, Romanian conductor (d. 1970)