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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.
– Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
– Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing 11,000.
– Beeching Axe: Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom’s rail network.
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
– Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xa Loi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the US Embassy in Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu.
– Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights.
– The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
– CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television’s first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
– Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jeff Fassero, American baseball player
– James Denton, American actor
– Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
– Johnny Weiss, American professional wrestler
– Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus)
– Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer
– Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
– Hugh Millen, American football player
– Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
– Caroline Aherne, British comedienne, writer and actress