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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
– The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
– The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
– The 1046 ft Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
– U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
– The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
– Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
– W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
– Sir Muhammad Iqbal’s presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Who Were Born On ?
– René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)
– Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
– Sally Ann Howes, English-born singer and actress
– Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
– Windsor Davies, British actor
– Shel Silverstein, American humorist, singer-songwriter and author (d. 1999)
– Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer (d. 2002)
– Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports figure
– Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
– Bob Guccione, American magazine publisher (d. 2010)