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Historical Event(s)
– Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
– A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
– The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
– The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
– Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)
– Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
– First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
– The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
– The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
Who Were Born On ?
– Thomas R. Carper, American politician, senior senator of Delaware
– Princess Christina of the Netherlands
– Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
– Meshach Taylor, American actor
– Manousos Manousakis, Greek director and producer
– Graeham Goble, Australian musician and record producer (Little River Band)
– Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
– Kevin Kline, American actor
– Patrice Leconte, French film director and screenwriter
– Richard L. McCormick, President of Rutgers University