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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
– Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
– The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time.
– Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
– Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord’s and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
– Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover) in 37 minutes.
– Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
– The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
– Manhattan Bridge opens.
Who Were Born On ?
– Anthony Mamo, Malta’s 1st President (d. 2008)
– E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician (d. 1998)
– Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004)
– Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
– Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957)
– Chester Himes, American novelist (d. 1984)
– V. K. Gokak, Indian Kannada writer (d. 1992)
– Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driver (d. 1938)
– Dante Quinterno, Argentine comics artist (d. 2003)
– Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000)