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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
– Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
– Group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
– Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
– Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
– The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
– Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
– The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
– A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Who Were Born On ?
– Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (d. 1997)
– Aleksander Kamiński, Polish writer (d. 1978)
– Hans Redlich, Austrian composer (d. 1968)
– Chick Hafey, baseball player (d. 1973)
– Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001)
– Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979)
– Malcolm Muggeridge, British author and scholar (d. 1990)
– Yves Rocard, French physicist (d. 1992)
– Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978)
– John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)