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Historical Event(s)
– Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
– New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him.
– The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
– In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
– An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.
– Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
– 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.
– Oman joins the Arab League.
– Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
Who Were Born On ?
– Fredro Starr, American rapper (Onyx)
– Ray Sefo, New Zealand kickboxer
– Touré, American writer
– Austin Peck, American actor
– Horgh, Norwegian drummer (Immortal, Hypocrisy)
– Ross Katz, American film producer
– Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
– Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
– Monica Potter, American actress
– A. J. Croce, American singer-songwriter and piano player