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Historical Event(s)
– The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.
– Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India to begin her work among India’s poorest and sick people.
– In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Snake in Chinese astrology.
– President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
– Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
– “Black Thursday” stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
– Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
– The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or “Black Tuesday”, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
– The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
– George Band, British mountaineer (d. 2011)
– James Last, German band leader
– Karolos Papoulias, Greek politician
– Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005)
– Harvey Schmidt, American composer for musical theatre
– Sil Austin, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
– Calvin Jones, American trombonist, bassist, pianist, bandleader, composer and educator (d. 2004)
– Grace Kelly, American actress and Princely consort of Monaco (d. 1982)
– Fred Phelps, American pastor