Historical Events
- Georges Feydeau's "Un à la Patte" premieres in Paris
- New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- William K.L. Dickson's motion picture "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" aka "Fred Ott's Sneeze" receives first US copyright for the format; it was filmed a few days earlier at Edison Studio, West Orange, New Jersey [1]
Famous Birthdays
- Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter and graphic artist, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1988)
About January 9, 1894
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 130 years, 3 months and 26 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Capricorn
