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Historical Event(s)
– The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
– The British passenger liner, the RMS Titanic, sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg. 1,517 people are killed.
– Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
– The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
– First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
– During the First Balkan War, Kardzhali is liberated by Bulgarian forces
– The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven’s Fidelio.
– Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long First Balkan War.
– The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is announced by Charles Dawson.
Who Were Born On ?
– Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009)
– James Callaghan, British politician (d. 2005)
– Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004)
– Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
– Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989)
– Salvador Luria, Italian-born American microbiologist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1991)
– Hector “Toe” Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
– Hilda Nickson, née Hilda Pressley, British novelist (d. 1977)
– Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
– Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)