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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
– An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
– The flag of Sweden is adopted.
– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
– Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
– The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
– A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
– The Real Academia Galega, Galician language’s biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
– Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
Who Were Born On ?
– Erik Rhodes, American actor (d. 1990)
– Patsy Callighen, Canadian Hockey Player (d. 1964)
– Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpeter (d. 1981)
– Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)
– Buddhadasa, Thai Bhikkhu and philosopher (d. 1993)
– Pierre Fournier, French cellist (d. 1986)
– Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)
– James D. Norris, American businessman and sports team owner (d. 1966)
– Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican writer (d. 2008)
– Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)