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Historical Event(s)
– Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
– Albania declares itself a republic.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
– The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
– May 30 Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shot 13 protesting workers to death.
– Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
– An Anti-French uprising in French-occupied Damascus, Syria. (All French inhabitants flee the city.)
– The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Persia.
– Turkey adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (d. 2005)
– Chester Ludgin, American baritone (d. 2003)
– Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
– Pierre Salinger, American journalist; John F. Kennedy’s Press Secretary (d. 2004)
– Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)
– B. B. King, American musician
– Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician {d. 2011}
– Willie Mabon, American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
– Charles Mackerras, Australian-born conductor (d. 2010)
– Ned Garver, American baseball player