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Historical Event(s)
– Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– Ghana joins the United Nations.
– A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
– United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” on the grounds of obscenity.
– United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
– The USSR announces the successful test of an ICBM – a “super long distance intercontinental multistage ballistic rocket . . . a few days ago,” according to the Soviet news agency, ITAR-TASS.
– The Constitution of Malaysia comes into force.
– Malaysia joins the United Nations.
– The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
Who Were Born On ?
– Robert Townsend, American actor
– Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
– Timothy Treadwell, American ecologist (d. 2003)
– Heather Thomas, American actress
– Andreï Makine, Russian-born French author
– Mark Levin, American attorney, radio talk show host and author
– Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
– Zach Wamp, American politician
– Tim Reynolds, Musician (Dave Matthews Band,TR3)
– Trisha Goddard, English television presenter