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Historical Event(s)
– Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name “Mountbatten-Windsor”.
– The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
– Niger gains independence from France.
– Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
– Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102800 ft, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
– In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
– Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
Who Were Born On ?
– Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
– Susanne Bier, Danish film director
– Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
– Luke Morley, British guitarist
– Kevin Haskins, British drummer
– Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (d. 2010)
– Tilda Swinton, English actress
– Michael Hertwig, German footballer
– Jim Toomey, American syndicated cartoonist
– Steve Bruce, English footballer