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Historical Event(s)
– Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets’ crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to “Vietnamize” the war effort.
– General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
– Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
– Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast, killing 248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damage.
– The first legislation to limit aircraft noise levels at airports is introduced in U.S. Federal Air Regulation, Part 36.
– Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
– Strategy of tension: Piazza Fontana bombing – The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
– The SALT I talks begin.
Who Were Born On ?
– Carolyn Kepcher, American businesswoman and reality TV actor
– Eric Wilson, American musician
– Aggelos Koronios, Greek basketball coach and retired player
– Houston, American pornographic actress
– Bison Dele, American basketball player (disappeared 2002)
– Dion Dublin, English footballer
– Martin López-Zubero, Spanish swimmer
– Melinda Clarke, American actress
– Nick Kiriazis, American actor
– Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer