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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
– The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada.
– Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
– Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
– Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to break the 150 mph land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph.
– Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
– An Anti-French uprising in French-occupied Damascus, Syria. (All French inhabitants flee the city.)
– The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
– Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
– Gene Reynolds, American actor
– Joe Bowman, American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, bootmaker & master showman (d. 2009)
– Del Ennis, baseball player (d. 1996)
– Patrice Lumumba, 1st democratically elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1961)
– Forrest Compton, American actor
– Margaret Thatcher, English politician
– Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)
– Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)
– Ned Garver, American baseball player