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Historical Event(s)
– FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: Norwegian Campaign – Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to the Nazis after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
– The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
– Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle.
– First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
– Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
– Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
– Balham subway station disaster, in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain.
– World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
Who Were Born On ?
– Harry Gant, American racing driver
– David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
– Tony Barber, Australian television personality
– Max Mosley, British racing driver, engineer and former president of the FIA
– James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010)
– Vasilis N. Triantafillidis, Greek comedian and actor
– Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer (d. 2007)
– Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
– Eric Wilson, Canadian children’s author.
– Nick Buoniconti, American football player