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Historical Event(s)
– Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the famous poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
– El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
– President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
– The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
– The Ford Motor Company ships its first car.
– The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
– The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Who Were Born On ?
– Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
– John Scarne, American magician (d. 1985)
– Mike Mansfield, American politician, and diplomat (d. 2001)
– Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
– George Orwell, British writer (d. 1950)
– Lewis Sargent, American actor d.1970
– John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
– M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
– Ella Baker, American civil rights activist (d. 1986)