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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin.
– World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
– Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
– World War II: 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
– Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the Nazis.
– World War II: a Nazi flag is installed atop the Mount Elbrus.
– The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).
– World War II: Carlson’s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
Who Were Born On ?
– Al Hunt, American reporter and news anchor
– Terenci Moix, Spanish writer (d. 2003)
– Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
– Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
– Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
– Marc Alaimo, American actor
– Henry S. Taylor, American writer
– Heinz Burt, bassist and singer (d. 2000)
– Inez Foxx, American R&B singer
– Gerome Ragni, American playwright