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Historical Event(s)
– Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
– The Greek-Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
– Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
– Steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
– The Indianapolis Street Car Strike and subsequent riot begins.
– The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
– Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Sclass Kongō, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
– Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cleon Skousen, American author (d. 2006)
– Luis Marden, American photojournalist (d. 2003)
– Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (d. 2007)
– Jack Fairman, British racing driver (d. 2002)
– Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (d. 2010)
– Gérard Côté, Quebec marathon runner (d. 1993)
– Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
– Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1979)
– J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-born American documentarian (d. 2010)
– Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (d. 2006)