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Historical Event(s)
– The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
– Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
– The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
– United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
– Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
– First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
– Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
– First Balkan War: The Naval Battle of Elli takes place.
– Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Who Were Born On ?
– Michel Debré, French politician (d. 1996)
– Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
– Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009)
– Art Gilmore, American actor (d. 2010)
– James Callaghan, British politician (d. 2005)
– Akiva Vroman, Dutch-born Israeli geologist (d. 1989)
– Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997)
– Hector “Toe” Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
– Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)
– Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)