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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign ends.
– The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
– World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Nazdab, near Lae in the Salamaua-Lae campaign.
– World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy concludes when Heinrich von Vietinghoff, commander of the German Tenth Army, orders his troops to withdraw from Salerno.
– World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil”.
– World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.
– World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
Who Were Born On ?
– Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
– Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
– John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor
– Terry Allen, American country music singer
– Salomé, Spanish singer
– Alain Corneau, French film director {d. 2010}
– Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
– Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
– Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (d. 2002)
– Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005)