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Historical Event(s)
– The Great White Fleet passes through the Suez Canal, the largest group of ships to pass through up to that time.
– The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
– The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People’s Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
– George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
– Creation of the Union of South Africa.
– The ocean liner SS France, later known as the “Versailles of the Atlantic”, is launched.
– In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared .
– The date of Thomas A. Davis’ opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
– Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Who Were Born On ?
– Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist and writer (d. 1980)
– Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
– Carmine Galante, American gangster (d. 1979)
– Nick Stewart, American actor (d. 2000)
– Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
– George Musso, American football player (d. 2000)
– Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
– Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
– William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher (d. 1986)
– R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (d. 2009)