Think birthdays are boring? Think again! 🎉 Explore unique songs, fun trivia, and amazing facts on our channel. Make your yearly celebration unforgettable! Subscribe now and join the birthday fun! 🎂✨ (Sponsored)
Historical Event(s)
– Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
– The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
– Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
– The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
– Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
– Israeli forces enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
– The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
– Vietnam War: the People’s Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
Who Were Born On ?
– Todd Pratt, American baseball player
– Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player
– Maria Bello, American actress
– Lara Jill Miller, American actress
– Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
– Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television personality
– Stuart Howe, Canadian operatic tenor
– Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsledder
– John Power (musician), English singer-songwriter and musician
– Tino Martinez, American baseball player