elected as President of Ecuador. Southern Arkansas University began its first classes, with 75 students and 5 instructors beginning their term at what was then called the "Third District Agricultural School". In 1925, it was renamed Magnolia A & M College, and in 1951, Southern State College. The current name was adopted in 1976. The town of Mamou, Louisiana was incorporated. Born: Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982; in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture (d. 2004). January 12, 1911 (Thursday) An earthquake in Russia, at Vyerny, killed more than 250 people. For the second time in three days, Rapid City set a weather record. At 6:00 in the morning, the temperature in the South Dakota city was an unseasonable 49 degrees. Over the next two hours, the temperature dropped 62 degrees to 13 below zero. January 13, 1911 (Friday) De Nachtwacht, painted in 1642 by Rembrandt van Rijn, was vandalized for the first time at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. A recently unemployed cook slashed through the 269-year-old canvas with a knife. On September 14, 1975, a retired schoolteacher cut through the 333-year-old painting and tore off a section in the center, and on April 6, 1990, another vandal sprayed sulfuric acid on the now 348-year-old masterpiece, which has been restored each time. Born: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-born Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland for 19 years from 1968 to 1987; in Dannevirke, New Zealand (d. 2005) January 14, 1911 (Saturday) The Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, led by Roald Amundsen, commander of the Fram, arrived at the Bay of Whales, where the base camp, Framheim, was established at the Ross Ice Shelf. January 15, 1911 (Sunday) Future Chinese Premier Wu Tingfang addressed a crowd of 40,000 at the Zhang Gardens in Shanghai and announced that he had cut off the queue which he had worn in his hair as a sign of deference to the Qing dynasty, then urged the crowd to follow suit. At least 1,000 did so, and others followed suit as publicity spread. January 16, 1911 (Monday) Paraguay's President Manuel Gondra was forced to resign after less than two months in office. The Congress of Paraguay elected Minister of War Colonel Albino Jara to succeed him, though Jara would be sent into exile on July 6. The town of Millersburg, Iowa, was incorporated. The first military reconnaissance flight by airplane in India, and possibly in the