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Historical Event(s)
– Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
– The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
– The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
– The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard.
– Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
– The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
– The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
– Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
– The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Who Were Born On ?
– Richard Halliburton, American adventurer (presumed dead 1939)
– István Fekete, Hungarian writer (d. 1970)
– Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957)
– John T. Scopes, American teacher and evolutionist (d. 1970)
– Hughie Critz, baseball player (d. 1980)
– Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-born British writer and illustrator (d. 1979)
– Jean Arthur, American actress (d. 1991)
– Rudolf Höß, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1947)
– Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967)