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February 8 – Jin Yong's first wuxia novel, The Book and the Sword (書劍恩仇錄), begins publication in the New Evening Post (Hong Kong), where he is an editor.; March 3 – Jean Cocteau is elected to the Académie française (inducted October 20); on January 8 he has been elected to the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (inducted October 1).
Book Author January 2: The View from Pompey's Head: Hamilton Basso: January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10: Sincerely, Willis Wayde: John P. Marquand: April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22: Bonjour Tristesse: Françoise Sagan: May 29 ...
June 11 – Le Mans disaster: Eighty-three people are killed and at least 100 are injured, after two race cars collide in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans. June 13 – Mir mine , the first diamond mine in the Soviet Union , is discovered.
The number three propeller and engine detach from the Pan American World Airways Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 Clipper United States, operating as Flight 845/26 with 23 people on board, forcing it to ditch in the Pacific Ocean 35 miles (58 km) off the coast of Oregon and killing four people.
Born [1] Bainbridge Bunting: 1913–1981 Architectural historian Resident [2] Alfred A. Cave: 1935–2019 Historian Born [3] Juan Cole: 1952– Historian Born [4] Brian Conrey: 1955– Mathematician Raised [5] Marie Cowan: 1938–2008 Nurse and academic Born [6] David Eagleman: 1971– Neuroscientist and science communicator Born and raised [7 ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year. Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar ).
Amy Wallace (July 3, 1955 – August 10, 2013) was an American writer. She was the daughter of writers Irving Wallace and Sylvia Wallace and the sister of writer and populist historian David Wallechinsky .
[3] 1849 – The Territory of Minnesota is created. [4] 1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. 1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes. [5] 1861 – Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.