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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices, goes into effect.
– The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
– An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
– Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his “fireside chats”.
– Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a “bank holiday”.
– The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
– The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
– Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
– The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
Who Were Born On ?
– Than Shwe, ruler of Myanmar
– Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
– Tony Brown, American journalist
– Viktor Patsayev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
– Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey player
– Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (d. 2007)
– Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate