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Historical Event(s)
– Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
– Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
– The Protocol of Corfu is signed recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
– World War I: Germany declares war against France.
– World War I: in Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
– World War I: German troops capture Namur.
– World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg
– SMS Emden sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos.
Who Were Born On ?
– W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)
– Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
– Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (d. 1993)
– John Passmore, Australian philosopher (d. 2004)
– Robert McCloskey, American author (d. 2003)
– Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
– Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
– Anna Wing, English actress
– Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003)