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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.
– NASCAR is incorporated.
– The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
– Faroe Islands receive autonomy from Denmark.
– Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing a constitution making his nation a Communist state.
– The Australian cricket team completed a 4–0 Ashes series win over England during their undefeated Invincibles tour.
– In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
– Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into the Hyderabad to integrate it with Indian Union.
– Safsaf massacre.
– Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.
Who Were Born On ?
– T-Bone Burnett, American producer
– Marc Singer, Canadian-born actor
– Dan Simmons, American writer
– Lynne Franks, British public relations consultant
– Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-born English actress and broadcaster
– Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
– Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau
– Lacy J. Dalton, country singer
– Piet Hein Donner, Dutch politician and minister