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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
– 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
– Kuwait joins the United Nations.
– A Northwest Airlines DC-7 crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia, killing 101.
– Great Train Robbery: in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.
– Don Schollander swims the 200-metre freestyle in less than 2 minutes for the first time, in a world record time of 1:58.
– The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.
– In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
– Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Who Were Born On ?
– Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
– Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
– Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
– Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
– Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
– Roberto Alagna, French tenor
– John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
– Mark McClellan, American government official
– Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler
– Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)