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Historical Event(s)
– The Harmelen train disaster killed 93 people in the Netherlands.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.
– Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
– During the 1962 FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
– The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
– Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Holy See meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.
– Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.
– Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
– Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
– Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress
– Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
– Brandon Cruz, American actor
– Tom Kenny, American voice actor
– Craig Anton, American actor and Comedian
– Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
– Mark Haddon, English author
– Demi Moore, American actress
– Neal Shusterman, American writer
– José Cura, Argentine tenor