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Historical Event(s)
– German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.
– Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
– The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
– The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ultonians in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
– First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
– First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day, Serbian troops captured Skopje.
– Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
– The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
Who Were Born On ?
– Burton Lane, American composer and lyricist (d. 1997)
– Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
– Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
– A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d. 2000)
– Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
– Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (d. 1989)
– Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian statistician (d. 2001)
– Ted Drake, English footballer (d. 1995)
– John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)
– Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993)