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Historical Event(s)
– President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– Launch of the White Star Liner, SS Ionic.
– May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
– Roald Amundsen commences the first east-west navigation of the Northwest Passage, leaving Oslo, Norway.
– Dorothy Levitt is reported as the first woman in the world to compete in a 'motor race'.
– The new Gresham’s School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
– Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
– The High Court of Australia sat for the first time.
– The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Who Were Born On ?
– Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (d. 1939)
– Adolph Gottlieb American painter (d. 1974)
– Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
– Paul Newlan, American actor d. 1973
– Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (d. 1989)
– Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer and composer (d. 1971)
– Karl Hanke, Nazi official (d. 1945)
– Nathanael West, American writer (d. 1940)
– Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)