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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
– Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
– A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
– PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 – 040 B, crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 119 of the 125 passengers and crew.
– Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
– Vietnam War: Just miles from Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13-year-old Vietnamese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
– Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
– Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
– In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.
Who Were Born On ?
– Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
– Mark Pellegrino, American actor
– Tasmin Little, English violinist
– Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer
– Guy Picciotto, American musician (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)
– Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress
– Kathleen Madigan, American comedian
– Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician
– Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
– Cris Carter, American football player