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Historical Event(s)
– The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
– U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
– AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
– The Whampoa Military Academy is founded.
– The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
– Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
– The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party’s hopes of re-election.
– The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
– Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
Who Were Born On ?
– Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. 1998)
– Theodore Bikel, Austrian-born actor and singer
– Percy Rodriguez, Canadian actor (d. 2007)
– Faith Domergue, American actor (d. 1999)
– Eva Marie Saint, American actress
– Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer (d. 2005)
– Daniel Akaka, American politician
– James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)
– Francis “Frank” X. McDermott, American Republican Party politician (d. 2011)
– Bob Kurland, American basketball player