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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– West Germany gains full sovereignty.
– Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
– The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
– The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
– Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
– Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
– Juan Perón is deposed as the ruler of Argentina.
– After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
– The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ornella Muti, Italian actress
– Mike Scott, American baseball player
– Dimitra Liani, widow of the former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou
– Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer
– David Alan Grier, American actor and comedian
– Ron Brewer, American basketball player
– Debra Bowen, American politician
– Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
– Muricy Ramalho, Brazilian manager and former football player
– Brad Davis, American basketball player