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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rat in Chinese astrology.
– The Free State of Fiume is annexed by Kingdom of Italy.
– AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
– American occupying forces leave the Dominican Republic.
– Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
– The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
– Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
– Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the first recognized Greek Republic.
– The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
– Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison
Who Were Born On ?
– E. P. Thompson, English socialist historian, (The Making of the English Working Class), (d. 1993)
– Tofilau Eti Alesana, Prime Minister of Samoa (d. 1999)
– George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
– Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1991)
– Brett Somers, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
– Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)
– Robert Solow, American economist, Nobel laureate
– Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)
– Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
– Süleyman Demirel, Turkish politician