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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
– World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
– World War I: German forces occupy Brussels.
– St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
– William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
– Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
– World War I: Siege of Antwerp – Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
– A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, is serialised in The Egoist.
Who Were Born On ?
– Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986)
– Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)
– Henry Reed, English poet (d. 1986)
– Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist (d. 1990)
– Slam Stewart, African American jazz bass player (d. 1987)
– Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
– Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
– Henri Laborit, French physician, writer, and philosopher (d. 1995)
– Harry F. Byrd Jr, American politician
– Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006)