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Historical Event(s)
– The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
– The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– Second Boer War: Harry ‘Breaker’Harbord Morant is executed in Pretoria.
– Second Boer War: In the Battle of Tweebosch, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey inflicts the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war
– “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
– Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
– King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
Who Were Born On ?
– Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest and founder of Opus Dei (d. 1975)
– William Collier, American stage and film actor (d. 1987)
– Jean Bruller, alias Vercors, French writer and illustrator (d. 1991)
– Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
– David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
– Howie Morenz, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
– Bea Miles, Australian eccentric and writer (d. 1973)
– Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer (d. 1988)
– Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)