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Historical Event(s)
– Winter War: The Finnish 9th Division stops and completely destroys the overwhelming Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
– World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
– World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
– Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
– Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
– Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
– World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
– World War II: Operation Compass – British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
Who Were Born On ?
– Petru Lucinschi, second President of Moldova
– Kevin Loughery, American basketball coach
– Robin Cook, American novelist
– Emilio Delgado, American actor
– Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop
– Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and professor
– Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
– Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida
– Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
– Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976)