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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession.
– World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
– World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague.
– World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
– World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
– The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
– World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR’s favor.
– World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
Who Were Born On ?
– Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier
– Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast
– Byron Dorgan, American politician
– Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
– Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006)
– Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host
– Kent McCord, American actor
– Rutanya Alda, American actress
– Steve Jones, American basketball player
– Sharon Olds, American poet