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Historical Event(s)
– A twelve-day New York City transit strike begins.
– A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
– Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.
– Michael Pelkey makes the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap.
– The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
– Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
– The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.
– Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
Who Were Born On ?
– Alexis Denisof, American actor
– Mike Starr, American musician (Alice In Chains) (d. 2011)
– Véronique Gens, French soprano
– Stephen Baldwin, American actor
– Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player
– Yoko Kamio, Japanese manga artist
– Darren E. Burrows, American actor
– Craig Heyward, American football player (d. 2006)
– Último Dragón, Japanese professional wrestler
– Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian racecar driver