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Historical Event(s)
– The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
– Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
– Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
– 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.
– US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
– Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
– Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans made use of this program.
– The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Vietcong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
– Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
Who Were Born On ?
– Dicky Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
– Félix José, Dominican baseball player
– Brooke Shields, American actress and supermodel
– Harvey Grant, American basketball player
– Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
– Fredrik Reinfeldt, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden
– Charlie Sheen, American actor
– Cheryl Hines, American actress
– Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer.
– Mike D, American musician (Beastie Boys)