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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
– The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
– Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
– Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his “fireside chats”.
– The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment.
– The Simele massacre: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.
– Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
– United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
– Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
Who Were Born On ?
– Susan Sontag, American writer (d. 2004)
– Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (d. 1998)
– Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
– Sir Michael Caine, British actor
– Barbara Holland, American writer (d. 2010)
– Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel laureate
– Oliver Sacks, British neurologist and author
– Mel Taylor, American musician (The Ventures) (d. 1996)
– Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
– Queen Narriman, Egyptian royalty (d. 2005)