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Historical Event(s)
– Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nmi from the South Pole, the furthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– The Young Left is founded in Norway.
– Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
– The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
– Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
– Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
– The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
– Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
– Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
Who Were Born On ?
– Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (d. 1992)
– Ann Todd, English actress (d. 1993)
– Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
– Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (d. 1986)
– Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
– C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (d. 1993)
– Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
– Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
– Zellig Harris, American linguist (d. 1992)
– Hermes Pan, American choreographer and dancer (d. 1990)