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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Snake in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
– World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.
– Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots’ Victory Day.
– World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
– Japanese troops occupy French Indo-China.
– Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
– World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.
– World War II: Battle of the Philippines – Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
– World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
Who Were Born On ?
– Robin Morgan, American feminist and activist
– Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician
– Ernesto Miranda, American litigant (d. 1976)
– George Will, American writer
– Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter
– Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor
– Kurt Raab, German actor (d. 1988)
– Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
– J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player
– Ellen Willis, American journalist (d. 2006)