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Historical Event(s)
– The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot “Wasp” is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots of the Teapot series.
– The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
– Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
– First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Joe Brown and George Band.
– The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
– Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered.
– National Review publishes its first issue.
– The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Nigel Benson, English author
– Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
– Paul Stewart, English writer
– Steven M. Greer, American ufologist and author
– Tom McCamus, Canadian actor
– Billy Blanks, American martial artist
– Charles Martinet, American actor
– Matthias Jabs, German guitarist (Scorpions)
– Chamras Saewataporn, Thai composer and musician
– Carol Browner, American environmentalist and government official