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Historical Event(s)
– Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
– Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
– First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
– World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
– Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans order 1,100 Jews to undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they are shot dead and buried in ditches.
– Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
– The Detroit Race Riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
– The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
Who Were Born On ?
– Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player
– Anita Morris, American actress (d. 1994)
– Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz musician and record producer
– Vint Cerf, American computer scientist
– Geraldo Rivera, American reporter
– Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (d. 1983)
– Christine McVie, British singer, musician, and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)
– Ken Norton, American boxer
– Tal Brody, American-born Israeli basketball player