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Historical Event(s)
– A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– 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 French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
– The Lithuanian press ban is lifted after almost 40 years.
– The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
– Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England.
– Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city.
– Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
– General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
Who Were Born On ?
– Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
– Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982)
– Ripper Collins, American baseball player (d. 1970)
– Peter Lorre, Hungarian actor (d. 1964)
– Ernst Mayr, American biologist (d. 2005)
– Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
– Jerry Colonna, American comedian and entertainer (d. 1986)
– Harold Haley, American judge (d. 1970)
– Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)