U.S. Air Force, lost its vertical stabilizer in turbulence, broke up in midair and crashed into Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine. Seven of the nine-man crew were killed, and one of the unarmed nuclear bombs fell from the plane and broke apart on impact on a farm. A part of that bomb, containing enriched uranium, was never located, "even though the waterlogged farmland in the vicinity was excavated to a depth of 50 feet". The Italian cargo ship Graziella was driven ashore in a gale at Tangier, Morocco. Died: Otto Harbach, 89, American lyricist and librettist January 25, 1963 (Friday) In a major address to the Canadian House of Commons on whether Canada would or would not accept nuclear weapons for its combat aircraft, Prime Minister Diefenbaker made a speech that subsequent historians would describe as "most baffling", "next to incomprehensible" and "long, evasive, rambling... incoherent statements". "However," the Canadian Press (CP) would write, "at no point in his two-hour speech did Mr. Diefenbaker say definitely whether Canada has rejected or accepted a nuclear role for Canadian forces." A large annular solar eclipse covered over 99% of the Sun, creating a dramatic spectacle for observers in a narrow path at most wide; it lasted just 25.24 seconds at the point of maximum eclipse. New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete Arthur Porritt was created a baronet. The lowest temperature in Kosovo was recorded in the city of Gjilan, −32.5 °C (−26.5 °F). Died: Sir Isaac Shoenberg, 78, Russian-born British inventor who pioneered the development of the all electronic form of television. January 26, 1963 (Saturday) Australia Day shootings: In Perth, Australia, two people were shot dead, and others injured, by multiple murderer Eric Edgar Cooke. The Shah of Iran's White Revolution of six reforms, including the right of women to vote, was overwhelmingly approved in a nationwide referendum by the six million male voters; the election was believed by observers to have been fraudulent. The "British Pools Panel" was first used to address instances, in the betting on Britain's soccer football matches, where a scheduled match was postponed. On the first weekend, when 55 games were called off because of freezing temperatures, the panel of former players and referees "predicted" what the results would have been had the match not been postponed, essentially making up results that would be accepted for determining whether a betting line had been