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Historical Event(s)
– Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles, California to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
– George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
– Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
– Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
– Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
– Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
– Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world’s first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theater.
– The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Who Were Born On ?
– Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
– Andrée Boucher, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
– Warren Beatty, American actor and director
– Hazel R. O'Leary, 7th United States Secretary of Energy
– Dave Webster, American football player
– Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish musician (d. 1987)
– Ron O'Neal, American actor, film director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
– John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
– John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)
– Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player