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Historical Event(s)
– Fujifilm, the photographic and electronics company, is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dog in Chinese astrology.
– The Auto-Lite Strike culminates in the “Battle of Toledo”, a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
– The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler’s violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
– A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing 3,036 people.
– Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
– Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman.
– The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
– The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph.
– Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (d. 1971)
– Jean Chrétien, Canadian statesman, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
– Orrin Hatch, American politician
– Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
– Lester Brown, American environmentalist
– Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
– Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
– Chuck Schaden, Chicago radio personality and historian
– Donnie Dunagan, American actor
– Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998)