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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Winston Churchill uses the phrase “Iron Curtain” in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
– French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
– The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
– King David Hotel bombing: a Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandate Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
– At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
– The Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
– While riding a train to Darjeeling, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu of the Loreto Sisters’ Convent claimed to have heard the call of God, directing her “to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them”. She would become known as Mother Teresa.
– The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68–66.
– The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
Who Were Born On ?
– Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
– Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker
– Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (d. 1995)
– Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnastics coach
– Allan Holdsworth, British guitarist and composer
– Norman Lovett, British actor
– Lynne Russell, American news anchor
– John Aylward, American actor
– Penelope Jones Halsall (aka Caroline Courtney, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright, Annie Groves, Penny Jordan), English novelist
– Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)