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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
– The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
– The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
– Saab produces its first automobile.
– The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
– Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
– India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
– The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
– King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Who Were Born On ?
– Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
– David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (d. 1985)
– John Stossel, American author and pundit
– Heather Ryan, American model
– Bryan Brown, Australian actor
– Chris Ortloff, former New York state Republican politician and admitted pedophile
– Martin Ferrero, American actor
– Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
– George Lam, Hong Kong singer
– Ron Bryant, American baseball player