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Historical Event(s)
– A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
– SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
– The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
– The flag of Sweden is adopted.
– In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.
– 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.
– Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
Who Were Born On ?
– Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
– Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
– Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian Chief Justice (d. 1993)
– Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
– Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
– Sidney R. Garfield, American physician (d. 1984)
– Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (d. 1947)
– Walter Rauff, German colonel (d. 1984)
– James Brooks, American painter (d. 1992)
– Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)