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Historical Event(s)
– Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
– The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
– Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
– Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
– The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
– The Philippine Air Force is established.
– Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7000 km journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
– King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Who Were Born On ?
– Peter Strauss, American actor
– Kiki Dee, British singer
– Chris Thompson, British rock musician
– Gino Ferrin, German footballer
– Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
– Cheryl Tiegs, American model
– Norman Harris, American musician (The Trammps)
– Hillary Rodham Clinton, American politician, United States Senator from New York (2001-2009), 67th United States Secretary of State (since 2009)
– Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
– Isaac Bitton, French rock band drummer (Les Variations)