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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
– The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
– The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting (Boy with Baby Carriage).
– The United States National Park Service is created.
– World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
– Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
– World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
– World War I: Battle of Verdun – On the Western Front, the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
– World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paul Keres, Estonian chess player (d. 1975)
– Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
– Bill Doggett, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (d. 1996)
– Eric Christmas, British actor (d. 2000)
– Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999)
– Harold Norse, American writer (d. 2009)
– Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997)
– John S. Wold, American politician
– Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (d. 2003)
– Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)