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Historical Event(s)
– An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
– Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– World War I: Italy joins the Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
– Denmark amends its constitution to allow women’s suffrage.
– The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens.
– Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
– The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
Who Were Born On ?
– Leslie H. Martinson, American television and film director.
– Nien Cheng, Chinese-born American writer (d. 2009)
– Bill Peet, American children’s book illustrator
– Sir Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher (d. 2003)
– Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian communist (d. 1992)
– Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander, American novelist and poet (d. 1998)
– Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (d. 2000)
– Warren Avis, American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
– Hal Jackson, American radio personality
– Pete Rugolo, Italian-born composer (d. 2011)