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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
– The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
– The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
– The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time.
– Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
– Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York City to San Francisco.
– The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
– Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
– The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Who Were Born On ?
– Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
– Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director (d. 1993)
– Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (d. 1996)
– Alain Poher, French politician (d. 1996)
– Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
– Frits Thors, Dutch newscaster
– Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986)
– Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)
– Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000)
– Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (d. 1969)