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Historical Event(s)
– Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
– The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
– Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule.
– Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
– Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
– Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
– Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
– In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
Who Were Born On ?
– Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)
– Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
– Kazimierz Matuszny, Polish politician
– Robert Sweet, American drummer
– Steve Cauthen, American jockey
– Dave Hemingway, British musician, songwriter, and vocalist
– John Paxson, American basketball player
– Finola Hughes, British actress
– Shari Shattuck, American actress and author
– Robin Roberts, American television reporter