Events in History
- Jan 5 1st US school of librarianship opens at Columbia University
Battle of Chelenqo
Jan 6 `Abd-allah II of Harar opens the Battle of Chelenqo with an attack on the camp of the Shewan army of Negus Menelik II
- Jan 16 Cliff House damaged when powder cargo of schooner "Parallel" explodes
- Jan 20 US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
- Jan 21 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms
- Jan 21 Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city
- Jan 26 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
Event of Interest
Jan 26 Ground is broken and construction begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
- Jan 28 England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever
- Jan 28 In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick
Birthdays in History
- Jan 1 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral and head of German military intelligence (executed for opposing Hitler), born in Aplerbeck, Germany (d. 1945)
- Jan 3 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
- Jan 3 Helen Parkhurst, American educator (The Dalton Plan), born in Durand, Wisconsin (d. 1973)
- Jan 10 Robinson Jeffers, American poet & playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea), born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (d. 1962)
- Jan 11 Aldo Leopold, American conservationist, professor and co-founder of the Wilderness Society, born in Burlington, Iowa (d. 1949)
- Jan 13 George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)
- Jan 17 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
- Jan 19 Alexander Woollcott, American critic and short story writer (The Man Who Came to Dinner), born in Phalanx, New Jersey (d. 1943)
- Jan 22 Helen Hoyt, American poet (d. 1972)
- Jan 25 Diego Valeri, Italian author & poet (Le Gaie Tristezze), born in Piove di Sacco, Italy (d. 1976)
- Jan 26 Arnout Colnot, Dutch painter and graphic artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1983)
- Jan 26 Enrique Ecker, Curacao-American bacteriologist (Rees-Ecker method for platelet counting), born in Willemstad, Curaçao (d. 1966)
- Jan 26 Marc Mitscher, American naval commander (WWII - Task Force 58 in the Pacific), born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin (d. 1947)
- Jan 27 Carl Blegen, American archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1971)
Deaths in History
- Jan 1 Johan Hendrik Koelman, Dutch portrait painter, dies at 66
- Jan 7 Abraham van Lier, Dutch theater director (Grand Théâtre des Variétés), dies at 73
- Jan 14 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83
- Jan 14 Peter Donders, Dutch Roman Catholic missionary to Suriname, dies at 77
- Jan 17 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician (Premier of Tasmania, 1878 & 1879-84), dies of heart disease at 46
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