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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.
– African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement and partially inspires Orson Welles’ film Touch of Evil.
– The Bank of England is nationalised.
– Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, 33 killed and hundreds injured
– The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in the American football since 1933.
– Électricité de France, the world’s largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
– The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
– Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
– The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
– US-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946.
Who Were Born On ?
– Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur
– Murray Head, British actor and singer
– Michel Leclère, French racing driver
– Maurice Saatchi, British Iraqi businessman
– Randal Kleiser, American film director
– Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model (d. 1997)
– Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
– Fran Brill, American actress, voice actress and puppeteer
– Tom Savini, American actor
– Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)