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Historical Event(s)
– Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
– Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistani Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
– Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
– In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
– Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
– Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
– The Soviet space program’s Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
– Over 200 of East Pakistan’s (now Bangladesh) intellectuals are massacred by the Pakistani Army and their local allies.
– Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
Who Were Born On ?
– Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
– Tweet, American singer
– Andrea Mackris, American television producer
– Sharon Case, American actress
– Renée O'Connor, American actress and director
– Lara Logan, South-African journalist and reporter
– Sofia Coppola, American director
– Mackenzie Crook, British actor and comedian
– Snoop Dogg, American rapper
– Benny Agbayani, American baseball player