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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
– The worst avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
– The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
– 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.
– The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
– African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.
– The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
– Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler’s rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter)
– The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
– 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 ?
– Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1993)
– Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000)
– Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948)
– Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Astronomer/astro-physicist; noted UFO investigator (d. 1986)
– Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (d. 1975)
– Georges Vedel, French public law professor (d. 2002)
– Loren Pope, American writer (d. 2008)
– Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
– Leila Mackinlay, British romance writer (d.1996)
– Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)