692 Historic Events for January 1
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| 1915 |
Event |
Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
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| 1915 |
Event |
DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Fran‡ois Bondy, writer
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner
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| 1916 |
Event |
1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)
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| 1916 |
Event |
1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)
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| 1918 |
Event |
Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader (Devil's Wheel)
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| 1919 |
Event |
Belorussian SSR established
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| 1919 |
Birth |
J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, NYC, novelist (Catcher in the Rye)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns)
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| 1919 |
Death |
William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Ian of the Orcades), dies at 60
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Roger Peacock, writer
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| 1920 |
Death |
Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956)
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| 1922 |
Event |
Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Ernest F Hollings, (Sen-D-SC, 1966- )
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Chalmers Goodlin, US test pilot (XS-1)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
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| 1923 |
Event |
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
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| 1924 |
Event |
Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/V”lkische Block replaces NSDAP
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| 1925 |
Birth |
George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
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