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Historical Event(s)
– Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball’s first commissioner.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup
– Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
– Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
– Tulsa Race Riot: civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
– The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People’s Republic.
– The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
– Portuguese Prime Minister António Granjo and other politicians are murdered in a Lisbon coup.
– The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe ‘Fatty’Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
Who Were Born On ?
– Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
– Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
– Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (d. 2009)
– Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
– Erroll Garner, American musician (d. 1977)
– Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
– Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
– Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (d. 2004)
– Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress