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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dog in Chinese astrology.
– The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
– The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
– A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
– The trade mark Velcro is registered.
– The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
– The F-4 Phantom II makes its first flight.
– Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
– The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
– French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
Who Were Born On ?
– Matt Frewer, American actor
– Lena Ek, Swedish politician
– Mark Moses, American actor
– Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
– Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer
– Gary Gaetti, American baseball player
– François Zocchetto, French politician
– Steven Isserlis, English cellist
– Paul Pressey, American basketball player
– Barbara Crampton, American actress