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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
– In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
– A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam’s National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
– American Civil Rights Movement: Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
– The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
– Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
– The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
– An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people during an ice skating show. The explosion also injures 400. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
– Vanessa L. Williams, American beauty queen, actress, and singer
– Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
– Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman
– Johnny Benson, American racing driver
– Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian
– Curtly Ambrose, Antiguan cricketer
– Lysette Anthony, English actress
– Tracy Nelson, American actress
– Brian Wheat, American musician (Tesla)