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Historical Event(s)
– World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacre 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers. 5,000 are killed.
– Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip “Tito” Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow “temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory”.
– World War II: US troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
– World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
– World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has “fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany”.
– World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead inmates, most starved to death.
– World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
– World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL was completed and they liberating the captured in Ilocos Sur start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Sleator, American science fiction author
– Jürgen Rumor, German footballer
– Dieter Meier, Swiss singer
– Mikhail Voronin, Soviet gymnast (d. 2004)
– Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)
– Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
– Suzanne Farrell, American ballet dancer
– Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
– Richard Childress, American NASCAR team owner
– Rod Carew, Panamanian-born baseball player