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Historical Event(s)
– Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
– In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
– The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
– The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched.
– Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers lands his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from President Taft for this feat.
– Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
– The first dropping of a bomb from an airplane in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War.
– After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States and Senator from Minnesota (d. 1978)
– Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)
– Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and media theorist (d. 1980)
– Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)
– Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski-jumper (d. 1998)
– Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001)
– Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
– Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (d. 2000)
– Calvin Griffith, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. 1999)