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Historical Event(s)
– Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city’s greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
– A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
– Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
– The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
– The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Greeks.
– In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
– The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
– Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
– The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Billy Liddell, Scottish Footballer (d. 2001)
– Charles Socarides, American psychiatrist (d. 2005)
– Wolf V. Vishniac, American microbiologist (d. 1973)
– Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
– Eleanor Parker, American actress
– René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
– Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
– Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer
– Graham Crowden, Scottish actor (d. 2010)
– John Brunt, English soldier, Victoria Cross holder (d. 1944)