Jule Styne, England, songwriter/composer (1954 Acad Award, 1968 Tony)

Birth

French/British/Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia

Event

Erna Bogen, Hungary, foils (Olympic-bronze-1932)

Birth

Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63

Death

For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year

Event

G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera

Event

Simon Wiesenthal, Polish/Austrian nazi hunter (Wiesenthal Center)

Birth

Marko Rothmuller, composer

Birth

Roy Rowland, film director

Birth

US tobacco industry produced 9 billion cigarettes in 1910

Event

Dick Kollmar, Rigewood NJ, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What)

Birth

Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize

Event

Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show)

Birth

Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase NY Yankees for $460,000

Event

Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76

Death

Suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws)

Birth

Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members

Event

Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager

Event

Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG

Event

Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43

Death

Last San Francisco firehorses retired

Event

Rocky Graziano, NYC, boxer (MW champ)/actor (Miami Undercover)[or 6/7]

Birth

J¢zsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (A h‚t), dies at 78

Death

Joan McCracken, Phila Pa, actress (Claudie Story of a Marriage)

Birth

Rex Allen, Wilcox Az, cowboy singer (Dr Baxter-Frontier Doctor)

Birth