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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
– Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip “Tito” Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow “temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory”.
– World War II: the Battle of Slater’s Knoll on Bougainville comes to an end.
– The Allied Control Council, the military occupation governing body of Germany, formally takes power.
– King Haakon VII of Norway returns with his family to Oslo after five years in exile.
– Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
– Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
– Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
– The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.
Who Were Born On ?
– John Leslie, American pornographic actor and filmmaker (d. 2010)
– Eric Clapton, British guitarist
– Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
– Frank Ashmore, American actor
– Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
– Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician
– Louise Beaudoin, French-Canadian politician
– Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player
– Jere Burns, American actor
– Ron Bushy, American drummer (Iron Butterfly)