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Historical Event(s)
– Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
– Walter O'Malley’s Los Angeles Dodgers host the first Major League Baseball game played on the West Coast of the United States.
– An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
– Memorial Day: the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
– The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
– United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
– The Springhill Mine Bump – An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers from around the world had dug out 100 of the victims, marking the death toll at 74.
– The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois, kills 92 children and three nuns.
– Guinea joins the United Nations.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ren Woods, American actress and singer
– Alan Hale, American astronomer
– Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
– Brynn Hartman, wife and murderer of comedian Phil Hartman (d. 1998)
– Mick MacNeil, Scottish musician (Simple Minds)
– Michael Hitchcock, American actor
– Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and television and radio host
– Danielle Dax, British musician
– Stephen Clarke, British author
– David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker