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Historical Event(s)
– The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
– World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
– World War II: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.
– World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
– World War II: Minsk is liberated from Nazi control by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration.
– The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America’s worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.
– World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
– World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ed Rendell, American politician and 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
– Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
– Jacques Doillon, French film director
– Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
– Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor
– Ray Meagher, Australian actor
– Jai Johanny Johanson, American drummer and percussionist (The Allman Brothers Band)
– Jackie DeShannon, American singer
– Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
– Oliver Braddick, British psychologist