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Historical Event(s)
– World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
– World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for “peace without victory” in Europe.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Snake in Chinese astrology.
– World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson’s address to Congress).
– In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
– The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
– World War I: At Vincennes outside of Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire.
– The Love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.
– The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” with the clear understanding “that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities”.
– The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952)
– David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
– Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker (d. 2006)
– Denis Healey, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
– Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001)
– Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (d. 1994)
– Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2004)
– Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (d. 2007)
– Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977)
– Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005)