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Historical Event(s)
– The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
– James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
– 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.
– The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
– The Campanile in St. Mark’s Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
– The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
– Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
– A statue of Joan of Arc is unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
Who Were Born On ?
– Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
– Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
– Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French writer (d. 1969)
– Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
– Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
– Howie Morenz, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 1937)
– Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
– Margaret Murie, American conservationist, naturalist, and author (d. 2003)
– Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979)
– Mikhail Suslov, Soviet statesman (d. 1982)