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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
– The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
– K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
– American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
– The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
– Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes.
– A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
– East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
– United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
– Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Who Were Born On ?
– Karen Velez, American model
– Hironobu Kageyama, Japanese singer
– Rodney McCray, American basketball player
– Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician and businessman
– Willie McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003)
– Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
– Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
– Jeremy Northam, English actor