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Historical Event(s)
– The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning World War II.
– World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
– The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting.
– Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
– Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
– Gone with the Wind receives its première at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
– Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
Who Were Born On ?
– Michael Cimino, American film director
– Ray Taliaferro, American radio talkshow host
– Francis Ford Coppola, American film director
– Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel laureate
– Bob Lilly, American football player
– Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman
– John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
– Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, Nobel laureate
– Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
– Wayland Flowers, American Puppeteer (d. 1988)