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Historical Event(s)
– Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
– Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
– World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C. in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
– The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution
– Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
– The New York City Subway’s third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
– Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
– In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
– Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007)
– Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
– Peter Blake, British pop artist
– Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
– Sirikit, Queen consort of Thailand, wife of Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
– Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director
– Ned Jarrett, American race car driver
– Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
– Roy Hattersley, British politician