This day in History - January 1

692 Historic Events for January 1
1907 Event Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1907 Death Cyrill Kistler, composer, dies at 58
1907 Birth Erich Schmid, composer
1908 Event Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28)
1908 Event 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1908 Birth Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928)
1909 Birth Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964)
1909 Birth D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46)
1909 Event Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1909 Birth Dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)
1910 Birth Russ Bender, actor/writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster)
1910 Event Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
1911 Birth Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1911 Birth Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27]
1911 Event Belgian Mining law introduces 9«-hour work day
1911 Event South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1912 Birth Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole
1912 Event Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
1912 Birth Victor Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader
1912 Event 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)
1913 Event Post office begins parcel post deliveries
1913 Birth Eliot Janeway, financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
1914 Event 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
1914 Event Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1914 Event Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria