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Historical Event(s)
– The distress signal “CQD” is established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS”.
– 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.
– British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.
– The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
– The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
– Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called “Bloomsday”.
– Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
Who Were Born On ?
– Karl Brandt, Alsatian Nazi war criminal (d. 1948)
– John Farrow, American film director (d. 1963)
– Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991)
– Arshile Gorky, Armenian artist (d. 1948)
– Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi (d. 1945)
– Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
– Clifford D. Simak, American writer (d. 1988)
– Helen Kane, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1966)
– Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-US gossip columnist (d. 1988)
– Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-born physicist (d. 1979)