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Historical Event(s)
– Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Pig in Chinese astrology.
– Firestone Tire and Rubber Company begins production of balloon-tires.
– Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
– The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
– As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding
– The Walt Disney Company is founded by Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney.
– The first of 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Australia.
– Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark
– Namba Daisuke, a Japanese student, tries to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito.
Who Were Born On ?
– Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist (d. 2007)
– Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician (d. 2002)
– Patrick Moore, British astronomer and television presenter
– Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
– Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
– Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (d. 1997)
– Jean Hagen, American film and TV actress (d. 1977)
– Tuli Kupferberg, American counterculture poet, author, cartoonist, pacifist anarchist, publisher and co-founder of the band The Fugs (d. 2010)
– Murray Walker, British motorsport commentator
– Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (d. 2006)