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Historical Event(s)
– President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a plan to enlarge the Supreme Court of the United States.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
– Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
– The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
– Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
– Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
– 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.
– The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude (“The Eternal Jew”) opens in Munich.
– Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing – Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ken Higgs, English cricketer
– Margaret O'Brien, American actress
– Jan Kaplický, British architect of Czech origin
– Madeleine Albright, American Secretary of State
– Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist (The Thorn Birds)
– Ken Ogata, Japanese actor (d. 2008)
– Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani cricketer
– Claude Lelouch, French film director
– Marco Vassi, American writer (d. 1989)
– Barney Rosenzweig, American television producer