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Historical Event(s)
– The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
– Japan issues the “Twenty-One Demands” to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
– Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
– The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against Germany.
– Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail crash near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
– World War I: end of First Battle of the Isonzo.
– World War I: Battle of Sari Bair – the Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
Who Were Born On ?
– Teoctist, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (d. 2007)
– Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
– Martin Clemens, Scottish guerilla fighter (d. 2009)
– Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
– Theodore White, American writer (d. 1986)
– Peter Copley, British actor (d. 2008)
– Michael Kidd, American choreographer (d. 2007)
– Max Lanier, baseball player (d. 2007)
– Marghanita Laski, British journalist and novelist (d. 1988)
– Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)