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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
– Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
– UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
– The world’s first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
– Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany’s secret service, defects to East Germany.
– First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
– The German U-Boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
– Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
– Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
– Télé Monte Carlo, Europe’s oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
Who Were Born On ?
– Philip Zimmermann, American cryptographer
– Timur Apakidze, Russian major general and Hero of the Russian Federation (d. 2001)
– Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
– Rowdy Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler
– Marvin Hagler, American boxer
– Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (d. 2000)
– Júnior, Brazilian footballer
– Mario Kempes, Argentine footballer
– Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
– Bob Stanley, American baseball player