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Historical Event(s)
– A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children.
– Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
– At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
– The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
– Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, “Does the word ‘Persons’in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?”
– Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
– Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
– Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (d. 1994)
– José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
– Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001)
– Norm Prescott, American animation producer (d. 2005)
– Olga San Juan, American comedian (d. 2009)
– Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer and musicologist
– Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel laureate
– David Stove, Australian philosopher (d. 1994)
– George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
– Ramsey Clark, 66th U.S. Attorney General