but will form the First Dáil in Dublin. Countess Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway Prison (London), becomes the first woman elected to (but does not take her seat in) the British House of Commons. December 31 – A British-brokered ceasefire ends the two weeks of fighting in the Georgian–Armenian War. Date unknown The Native American Church is formally founded in Oklahoma. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment is founded to promote repeal of Prohibition in the United States. United Business Media is founded in London, as United Newspapers Ltd. Around 1,000 pilot whales are stranded in the Chatham Islands. Births January January 1 Nat Jaffe, American swing jazz pianist (d. 1945) Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 2000) January 2 – Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, German typographer, calligrapher and book-binder (d. 2019) January 9 – Alma Ziegler, American female professional baseball player (d. 2005) January 10 – Arthur Chung, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008) January 11 – Kassim Al-Rimawi, Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1982) January 12 – Mike Laffin, Canadian politician, dentist (d. 2019) January 14 – Dimitri Tsafendas, South African criminal (d. 1999) January 15 João Figueiredo, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999) Ira B. Harkey Jr., American newspaper editor (d. 2006) Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970) Deryck Stapleton, British Royal Air Force officer (d. 2018) January 16 Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005) Allan Ekelund, Swedish film producer (d. 2009) Stirling Silliphant, American writer, producer (d. 1996) January 17 Kamal Amrohi, Indian director, screenwriter (d. 1993) George M. Leader, American politician (d. 2013) January 19 Peter Hobbs, American actor (d. 2011) John H. Johnson, African-American publisher, founder of Ebony (d. 2005) January 20 Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002) Nevin S. Scrimshaw, American food scientist (d. 2013) January 21 Chicháy, Filipino actress (d. 1993) Richard Winters, U.S. Army officer (d. 2011) January 22 – Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015) January 23 – Gertrude B. Elion, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1999) January 24 – Oral Roberts, American neo-Pentecostal televangelist (d. 2009) January 25 – Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster (d. 2010) January 26 Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian communist politician and leader (d. 1989) Philip José Farmer, American writer (d. 2009) Vito Scotti, American character actor (d. 1996) January 27 Skitch Henderson, English-born musician, bandleader (d. 2005) Elmore James,