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Historical Event(s)
– Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
– Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland’s first constitution. The first engagement of Irish War of Independence, Sologhead Beg, County Tipperary.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
– The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
– The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
– Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I.
– Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute.
– KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
– The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.
Who Were Born On ?
– Coleman Francis, American film director (d. 1973)
– Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist
– Robert Heilbroner, American economist (d. 2005)
– Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (d. 1992)
– Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist
– Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (d. 1983)
– Richard Scarry, American author/illustrator (d. 1994)
– Al Molinaro, American actor
– Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
– Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)