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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing crossed the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
– U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
– World War I: the Battle of the Somme begins with a week-long artillery bombardment on the German Line.
– World War I: Battle of Fromelles – British and Australian troops attack German trenches in a prelude to the Battle of the Somme.
– Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
– Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
– Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
– World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
– World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
Who Were Born On ?
– Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist (d. 2011)
– Vincent Serventy, Australian writer and conservationist (d. 2007)
– Frank “Pop” Ivy, American football coach (d. 2003)
– Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
– Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
– Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
– Jessica Anderson, Australian author (d. 2010)
– Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster (d. 2009)
– Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)
– Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)