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Historical Event(s)
– The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
– World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the latter announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
– The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
– Lenin returns to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland.
– The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
– Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
– World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
– The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
– Finland declares independence from Russia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944)
– Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
– Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
– David Tomlinson, English film actor (d. 2000)
– Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian
– Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman
– Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
– Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. 2008)
– Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d.2011)
– Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)