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Historical Event(s)
– The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– World War II: Prague is bombed probably due to a mistake in the orientation of the pilots bombing Dresden.
– World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
– The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
– World War II: Operation Carthage – British planes bomb Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. They also hit a school and 125 civilians are killed.
– World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
– Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
– The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.
– Colombia joins the United Nations.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
– Marthe Keller, Swiss actress
– Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
– Pete Townshend, English guitarist (The Who)
– Nora Valsami, Greek actress
– Hal McRae American baseball player,
– John Lowe, English darts player
– Jon Scieszka, American author
– Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
– Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua