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Historical Event(s)
– President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the “provisional president”.
– In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
– The world’s first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
– The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time on the CBS network.
– The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties.
– The U.S. non-incorporated colonial territory of Puerto Rico adopts a constitution of local-limited powers, approved by the United States Congress in contravention of then-current international law.
– A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
– Operation Ivy – The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike” [“M” for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons.
Who Were Born On ?
– Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British LGBT activist
– Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
– Villy Søvndal, Danish politician
– David Icke, British writer
– Mr. T, American actor
– Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician
– André Viger, French Canadian marathoner
– Samir Geagea, Lebanese Politician
– Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
– Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer