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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: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
– World War II: German paratoopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari.
– Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12 am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason.
– Norman Rockwell’s Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post.
– Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
– 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp.
– World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
– United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be “a date which will live in infamy”, after which the U.S. and the Republic of China declare war against Japan.
– World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew.
Who Were Born On ?
– Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
– Joo Hyun, South Korean actor
– Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, American drag racer
– Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (d. 2007)
– Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
– Lynne Cheney, American political figure
– Jo Ramirez, Mexican motor racing team manager and author
– Harrison Page, American actor
– Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
– Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress