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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– “ভাষা আন্দোলন”, “Bengali Language Movement” occurred in East Pakistan(now Bangladesh).
– Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the “provisional president”.
– Hugo Ballivian’s government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines
– The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress
– King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
– The Night of the Murdered Poets: 13 prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow.
– The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
– The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
– Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
Who Were Born On ?
– Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (d. 2009)
– Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean politician
– Ron Dittemore, American space administrator
– Glenn Shadix, American actor
– Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress and stunt performer
– Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
– Celia Imrie, British actress
– Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player (d. 1995)
– Jim Cummings, American voice actor
– Gerry DiNardo, American football coach