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Historical Event(s)
– The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
– 465 mm of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
– In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 in wide and 8 in thick.
– In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
– The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
– The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
– Mumbai Fire Brigade is established.
– The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.
– The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
– Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal begins at Eastham.
Who Were Born On ?
– Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947)
– Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
– Violet MacMillan, American actress (d. 1953)
– Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
– Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
– Julian Huxley, British biologist (d. 1975)
– Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
– Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born American composer (d. 1951)
– Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
– Sir Barnes Wallis, English scientist and inventor (d. 1979)