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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to the island of Singapore.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Horse in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
– The first V-2 rocket test launch. It exploded at lift-off.
– World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy’s Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
– World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
– World War II: United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
– Holocaust: Vel‘ d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel’d'Hiv): the government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
– The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
– World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Who Were Born On ?
– Shinobu Tsukasa, Japanese organized crime figure
– Muna Wassef, Syrian/Arab actress and United Nations Goodwill ambassador.
– Richard Bowman Myers, American soldier, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
– John Irving, American author
– Jon Kyl, American politician, junior senator of Arizona
– Billy Swan, American songwriter and singer
– Henry S. Taylor, American writer
– Richard Roundtree, American actor
– Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
– Jean Shrimpton, British supermodel and actress