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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.
– In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
– The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
– The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States’ first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
– The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
– Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself “The luckiest man on the face of the earth” as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
– The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
– Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
– Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paul Craig Roberts, American economist
– Crispian St. Peters, English singer (d. 2010)
– Marian Wright Edelman, American activist
– Spencer Davis, British singer and guitarist (Spencer Davis Group)
– Dan Cragg, American soldier and author
– Carol Lynn Pearson, American poet and writer
– Harold Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
– Shakuntala Devi, Indian calculating prodigy
– Auberon Waugh, British author (d. 2001)
– Brenda Vaccaro, American actress