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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
– History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
– Spanish tonadilla singer Raquel Meller appears on the cover of Time magazine.
– UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
– Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
– Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
– Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
– J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.
– U.S. Route 66 is established.
Who Were Born On ?
– Charles Van Doren, American quiz show contestant
– Ann B. Davis, American actress
– Peter Shaffer, British playwright
– Elisabeth Beresford, British author and creator of The Wombles (d. 2010)
– Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist
– Betty Lynn, American actress
– Curtis Harrington, American film director (d. 2007)
– Walter “Killer” Kowalski (wrestler) Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2008)
– Jeane Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006)
– Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)