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Historical Event(s)
– The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
– Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– The animated cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
– Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
– The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York State, United States with Ontario, Canada over the St. Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
– English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia.
– At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
– Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
– Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jack Jones, American singer
– Bobby “Boris” Pickett, American singer and songwriter (d. 2007)
– Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter
– Charley Pride, American musician
– Roy Thinnes, American actor
– Bernard Madoff, American convict, Ponzi scheme operator
– Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
– David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996)
– Ernie Barnes, American painter and football player (d. 2009)
– Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician