Edward “Monk” Eastman, possible real name William Delaney, who was leader of the Eastman Gang in NYC until he went to prison in 1904, a petty criminal after his release from prison, then a soldier in the Great War (for which Gov. Al Smith restored his citizenship), then a petty criminal again, is killed in a fight over the division of bootlegging profits, shot by one of his gang who was also a prohibition agent (which is not known yet). In 1903 Tammany Hall decided to end the gang war between the Eastman Gang and the Five Points Gang by having Eastman and Paul Kelly have a boxing match, which came to a draw after 2 hours.
Contrary to predictions in the press, Calvin Coolidge did NOT wash the dishes after Christmas dinner.
A black man who killed a cop in Jonesboro, Arkansas during a raid on a game of dice is taken from jail and lynched.
Pope Benedict says the Church will never change the requirement of celibacy for priests.
Romania decides not to intern those Jewish refugees.
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