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Historical Event(s)
– Boston Molasses Disaster: A large molasses tank in Boston, bursts and a wave of molasses rushes through the streets, killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.
– Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
– Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks. Those responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades.
– A naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
– The Republic of Prekmurje ends.
– German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
– U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
Who Were Born On ?
– Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer, first to ascend an 8000m peak, Annapurna in 1950
– Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)
– Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
– Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
– Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
– John W. Duarte, British composer, guitarist and writer (d. 2004)
– Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (d. 2001)
– Georgia Carroll, American singer, fashion model, and actress (d. 2011)
– Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (d. 2006)
– Charles Sweeney, American general (d. 2004)