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Historical Event(s)
– Formation of the Iraqi Army.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
– The Communist Party of China is founded.
– The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People’s Republic.
– Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
– The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
– The Soviet republics of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
– The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
Who Were Born On ?
– Juanita M. Kreps, American economist, educator, & civil servant; 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
– Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist
– Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (d. 1992)
– Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (d. 1998)
– Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (d. 1986)
– Jean de Broglie, French politician (d. 1976)
– Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
– Whitney Young, American civil rights activist (d. 1971)
– Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997)
– Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)