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Historical Event(s)
– Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul.
– Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
– The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada.
– Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
– May 30 Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shot 13 protesting workers to death.
– Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first “super-spy” of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
– The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
Who Were Born On ?
– Edward Gorey, American illustrator (d. 2000)
– Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
– Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman
– Patrice Munsel, American opera soprano
– Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher
– John Biddle, American yachting cinematographer and lecturer (d. 2008)
– Farley Granger, American actor (d. 2011)
– Guru Dutt, Indian filmmaker and actor (d. 1964)
– Willie Mabon, American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
– Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000)