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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna.
– The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into Department of Commerce and Department of Labor).
– The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
– Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists only for 10 days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
– The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Sclass Borodinos, is launched.
– 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.
– With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
– A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
– Anaïs Nin, French diarist (d. 1977)
– Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (d. 1990)
– Clare Boothe Luce, American activist, (d. 1987)
– Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991)
– Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978)
– Ernie Nevers, American football player (d. 1976)
– Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)
– Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)
– Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)