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Historical Event(s)
– Popular Canadian-American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
– Enver Hoxha declares the People’s Republic of Albania with himself as president.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutinied in Mumbai harbour, from where it would spread throughout British India and involve 78 ships, 20 shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
– Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets.
– Winston Churchill uses the phrase “Iron Curtain” in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
– Syria’s independence from France is officially recognised.
– Start of 3 year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
– King Bhumibol Adulyadej ascends to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world’s longest reigning monarch.
– Nuremberg Trials: Execution of the convicted Nazi leaders of the Main Trial.
Who Were Born On ?
– Haji, Canadian actress
– Richie Hayward, American musician (Little Feat) (d. 2010)
– Brenda Blethyn, English actress
– Rivka Golani, Israeli violist
– Adolf Winkelmann, German film director
– André Boulerice, French-Canadian politician
– Mick Ronson, English musician (d. 1993)
– Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)
– César Pedroso, Cuban pianist with Orquesta Revé and Los Van Van
– Charles Dance, English actor