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Historical Event(s)
– Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
– Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
– Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison’s phonograph cylinder.
– The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
– The Russian minelayer Amur laid a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sank Japan’s battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and “Yashima”.
– Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
– Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
– General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
Who Were Born On ?
– Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and freestyle swimmer(d. 1991)
– Charles Oatley, British electrical engineer (d. 1996)
– Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986)
– Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d. 1973)
– René Lacoste, French tennis player and businessman (d. 1996)
– George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
– A.K. Gopalan, Indian nationalist (d. 1977)
– Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
– Gerhard Herzberg, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)