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Historical Event(s)
– In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
– CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
– The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ends in success for the defenders.
– Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
– In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
– Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2,000.
– At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
– The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
Who Were Born On ?
– Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
– Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
– Yuri Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian cosmonaut
– Mary Docter, American speed skater
– Bertha Faye, American wrestler (d. 2001)
– Slim Jim Phantom, American musician (Stray Cats)
– Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
– Roy Hay, British guitarist and keyboardist (Culture Club)
– Joe Pasquale, English comedian
– Jim Cornette, American professional wrestling manager