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Historical Event(s)
– Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
– George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
– U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
– The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
– Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
– Nikolaos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a “temporary cease-fire”, effectively ending the Greek Civil War.
– The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
– The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
Who Were Born On ?
– Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist
– Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer
– Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
– Alain Chamfort, French singer
– Walter Day, founder of Twin Galaxies
– Ray Nettles, professional football player (d. 2009)
– Jim Brunzell, American professional wrestler
– Rudy Hartono, Indonesian badminton player
– Annie Leibovitz, American photographer