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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: The United States invades Luzon in the Philippines.
– World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: After an air raid accidentally destroys a train carrying about 4,000 Nazi concentration camp internees in Prussian Hanover, the survivors are massacred by Nazis.
– World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
– A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
– World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
– Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens becomes Prime Minister of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King Georgios II to Greece.
– Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, resigns.
– The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
Who Were Born On ?
– Peter Duncan, Australian politician
– Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
– William R. Higgins, USMC colonel (d. 1990)
– Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer
– Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (d. 2004)
– Helen Hodgman, Australian novelist
– Tony Roche, Australian tennis player
– Joanna Cassidy, American actress
– David Emerson, Canadian politician
– Bobby George, English professional darts player