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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– Korean War: Operation Ripper – United Nations troops led by General Matthew Ridgeway begin an assault against Chinese forces.
– Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
– The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
– General Douglas MacArthur retires from the military.
– The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
– The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
– Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first two oral contraceptives.
– The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jacques Villeret, French film actor (d. 2005)
– Marietta Giannakou, Greek politician
– Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
– Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician
– Abel Ferrara, American filmmaker
– Michael Keaton, American actor
– Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby union player (d. 2007)
– Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon
– Bob McAdoo, American basketball player
– Cosey Fanni Tutti, English performance artist (Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey)