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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
– Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, New York, to Los Angeles, California.
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous Power of Nonviolence speech at the University of California, Berkeley.
– Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
– First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
– First appearance of In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
– Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS.
– The Mackinac Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas.
– The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paula Smith, American tennis player
– Andrew P. Harris, American politician
– David Gower, English cricketer
– Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
– Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
– Jon Lovitz, American comedian
– John G. Trueschler, American politician
– Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
– Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
– Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor