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Historical Event(s)
– President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the “Schuman declaration”, is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
– A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
– Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
– Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
– “Nino” Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers’ champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
– United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
– The People’s Liberation Army takes control of the town of Qamdo; this is sometimes called the “Invasion of Tibet”.
– Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash. Twenty-one people are killed, seventeen of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
Who Were Born On ?
– Maxi, Irish singer and radio personality
– Alan Silvestri, American film composer
– William Sadler, American actor
– Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
– Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
– Bunkhouse Buck, American professional wrestler
– Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer
– Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
– Nora Roberts, American novelist
– Jack Scalia, American actor