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Historical Event(s)
– Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Sheep in Chinese astrology.
– The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
– The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
– The German automaker Volkswagen, after six years of selling cars in the United States, founds Volkswagen of America in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to standardize its dealer and service network.
– Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
– Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sells its first transistor radios in Japan.
– After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
– The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.
– Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
Who Were Born On ?
– Steve Earle, American musician
– Georgios Papastamkos, Greek politician
– Américo Gallego, Argentine footballer
– Melinda Culea, American actress
– John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd.) (d. 2004)
– Jem Finer, English musician and composer (The Pogues)
– Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer
– Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter
– Bob Nault, Canadian politician