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Historical Event(s)
– Sancheong-Hamyang massacre:Korean War
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
– The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
– Chiang Kai-shek elected to be the first President of the Republic of China.
– Thomas C. Wasson, US Consul-General assassinated in Jerusalem.
– The Western allies begin an airlift to Berlin after the Soviet Union blockades West Berlin.
– Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
– The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
– The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, which established and defined the role of the United Nations Conciliation Commission as an organization to facilitate peace in the British Mandate for Palestine.
Who Were Born On ?
– Davíð Oddsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
– Nick Broomfield, English documentarian
– Mike Figgis, English director
– Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
– Pierre Koffmann, French chef
– John Hall, American politician and songwriter
– Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
– Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian revolutionary and politician
– Spider Robinson, science fiction author
– Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, educator, author, and music journalist