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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.
– 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.
– In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
– 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 Campanile in St. Mark’s Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
– A statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
– In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.
– American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
Who Were Born On ?
– Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)
– Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
– Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
– Hendrik Elias, Flemish politician (d. 1973)
– Jimmy Kennedy, Irish composer (d. 1984)
– Curt Siodmak, German-born English novelist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
– Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
– Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (d. 1989)
– Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician (d. 1990)
– Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)