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Historical Event(s)
– President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a “War on Poverty” in the United States.
– Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
– Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
– Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
– BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
– The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
– Leonid Brezhnev becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thereby, along with his allies - such as Alexei Kosygin - the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), ousting the former monolithic leader Nikita Khrushchev, and sending him into retirement as a nonperson in the USSR.
– Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church’s ecumenical council closes.
– The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player and Boston radio personality
– Emma Chambers, British actress
– René Meulensteen, Dutch football coach
– Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
– James M. Kelly, American astronaut
– Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
– Harry Hill, British comedian
– Magnús Scheving, Icelandic athlete
– Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein)
– Don Beebe, American football player