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Historical Event(s)
– The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
– The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
– Under the terms of the Spitsbergen Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in Berlin.
– The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
– In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany
– The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
– World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI’s representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
– The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
Who Were Born On ?
– Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (d. 1995)
– Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
– Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
– Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
– John Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
– Shelly Manne, American jazz drummer (d. 1984)
– A. E. Hotchner, American editor, novelist and playwright
– Mario Puzo, American novelist (d. 1999)
– Dick Francis, British jockey-turned-novelist (d. 2010)