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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces to the nation that he is running for a second term.
– The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
– In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister.
– Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
– The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
– Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
– The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
– The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield,in Cumbria, England.
– Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November 4).
Who Were Born On ?
– David Rhodes, English guitarist
– Alex Lester, British broadcaster
– Udo Bullmann, German politician
– Iain Milne, Scottish rugby union footballer
– Wayne Taylor, South African race car driver
– Fred Ottman, American wrestler
– Mick Brown, American drummer (Dokken)
– Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
– Robert Bowlin, American bluegrass and country musician
– David Vanian, British singer, (The Damned)