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Historical Event(s)
– Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France.
– The United Kingdom’s House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
– Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
– Natives’ Land Act in South Africa implemented.
– Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
– A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
– The United States introduces an income tax.
– Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (d. 2002)
– Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (d. 2010)
– Smiley Lewis, American rhythm and blues vocalist and guitarist (d. 1966)
– Pinetop Perkins, American blues pianist (d. 2011)
– Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
– Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
– Robert Gilruth, American aviation and space pioneer (d. 2000)
– Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)
– Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
– Archie Moore, American boxer (d. 1998)