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- David Hilbert creates the modern concept of geometry with the publication of his book Grundlagen der geometrie.
- Gordon Douglas is ordained as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar. He is the first westerner to be ordained in the Theravada tradition.
Births
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- January 7 - Francis Poulenc, composer (d. 1963)
- January 10 - Axel Eggelbrecht, journalist (d. 1991)
- January 11 - Eva LeGallienne, actress (d. 1991)
- January 12 - Paul Hermann Müller, chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948 (d. 1965)
- January 15 - Goodman Ace, actor, comedian, writer (d. 1982)
- January 17 - Al Capone, gangster, nicknamed "Scarface" (d. 1947)
- January 17 - Nevil Shute, author (d. 1960)
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