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Historical Event(s)
– The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until Sept. 18, 2009.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
– Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
– The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
– Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
– In the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
– J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published.
– Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
– Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.
Who Were Born On ?
– Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
– Doris Troy, American singer (d. 2004)
– Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
– Susan Hampshire, British actress
– Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
– Richard Bryan, American politician
– Colin Wesley, South African cricketer
– Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player
– Earl Carroll, lead vocalist of The Cadillacs
– Clyde Wells, Canadian politician