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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
– After taking evasive maneuvers to avoid a mid-air collision immediately after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing everyone aboard.
– The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
– Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
– Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
– Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.
– The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair closes after a two year run. More than 51 million people had attended the two-year event.
– Pakistan’s Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
– The Grateful Dead’s first concert performance under this new name.
– Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.
Who Were Born On ?
– Steven A. LaChance, American Author
– Mark Moore, British record producer
– Steve Levy, American sports journalist
– Ted Allen, American television host
– César Rincón, Colombian matador
– Ann Scott, French novelist
– Douglas Henshall, Scottish actor
– Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
– Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
– Rich Gannon, American football player