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Historical Event(s)
– The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
– The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
– The first official flight with air mail takes place in Allahabad, British India, when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 km away.
– International Women’s Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany.
– Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
– United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye’s death.
– An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
– Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
– Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Who Were Born On ?
– Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d.1960)
– Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998)
– Anatol Rapoport, Russian-born mathematical psychologist and pianist (d. 2007)
– Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
– Sonny Tufts, American actor (d. 1970)
– Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)
– Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
– Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
– Jules Dassin, American film director (d. 2008)
– Anna Russell, English-born Canadian singer and comedian (d. 2006)