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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Initial flight of the first successful flying car, Waldo Waterman’s Arrowbile.
– A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
– The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
– The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
– Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
– Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
– Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
– Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan’s Lutheran community.
– Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring “living space” for the German people.
Who Were Born On ?
– Grace Bumbry, American singer
– Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002)
– Joseph Wambaugh, American author
– Lanford Wilson, American playwright (d. 2011)
– Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
– Jacques Santer, Luxembourg statesman
– Johnny Brown, American comedian
– Vasant Ranjane, Indian cricketer
– Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
– Sami Frey, French actor