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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
– The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
– China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
– Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
– Independence of Somalia.
– Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world’s first elected female head of government.
– The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
– Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
– Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
– King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country’s constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
Who Were Born On ?
– Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007)
– Kazimierz Matuszny, Polish politician
– Benito de Leon, Filipino military officer
– Dean Heller, American politician
– Chris Elliott, American comedian
– Kyle Petty, American race car driver
– Timothy Hutton, American actor
– Rich Fields, American television personality
– Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)
– Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player