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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– Merrill’s Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000 mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
– The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
– World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
– World War II: First bombardment of Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians.
– USS Missouri the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
– World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.
– World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the “Market” half of Operation Market Garden.
– World War II: Bombing of Tokyo – The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft.
– World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (d. 1989)
– Ken Grimwood, American writer (d. 2003)
– Phyllis Frelich, American actress
– Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealander opera singer
– Sir Ranulph Fiennes, British soldier and explorer
– Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist
– Amien Rais, Indonesian politician
– Alice Waters, American chef
– Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, Nobel laureate
– Jennifer Salt, American actress