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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
– The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
– Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
– African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.
– The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
– The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
– Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (7 times in total).
– The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
– Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Who Were Born On ?
– Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
– Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav Communist politician (d. 1979)
– Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
– Magda Olivero, Italian soprano
– Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
– Carmine Coppola, American composer, director and songwriter (d. 1991)
– Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
– Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985)
– Van Heflin, American actor (d. 1971)
– Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (d. 1961)