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Historical Event(s)
– The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
– Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
– Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
– Telecommunications: the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place.
– Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
– Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
– First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
– Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Who Were Born On ?
– Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian United Nations Secretary General
– Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
– John Belk, American head of Belk, Inc. (d. 2007)
– Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (d. 1977)
– Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
– Peggy Lee, American singer (d. 2002)
– Peter Jones, English actor (d. 2000)
– César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer (d. 1995)
– Mickey Rooney, American actor
– Jennifer Holt, American actress (d. 1997)