eugenics is founded by Heinrich Himmler in Germany. The De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill-on-Sea, designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, a pioneering example of International Style architecture, opens in England. December 17 – The Douglas DST, prototype of the Douglas DC-3 airliner, first flies in the United States. More than 16,000 of the model will eventually be produced. December 18 Samuel Hoare resigns as British foreign secretary, and is replaced by Anthony Eden. The socialist party of Sri Lanka, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, is founded. December 27 In China, Mao Zedong issues the Wayaobu Manifesto, On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism, calling for a National United Front against the Japanese invasion. In Germany, Regina Jonas becomes the first woman ever to receive semikhah (ordination) as a rabbi within Judaism. She will be killed in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 and the next such ordination will be in 1972. December 28 – Pravda publishes a letter from Pavel Postyshev, who revives the New Year tree tradition in the Soviet Union. Births January January 4 – Floyd Patterson, African-American boxer (d. 2006) January 6 Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Spanish-born Bulgarian monarch Nino Tempo, American singer January 7 – Valeri Kubasov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (d. 2014) January 8 – Elvis Presley, American rock & roll singer, guitarist and actor (d. 1977) January 9 – Manlio De Angelis, Italian actor (d. 2017) January 10 – Sherrill Milnes, American baritone January 14 – Lucile Wheeler, Canadian skier January 15 – Luigi Radice, Italian football player and manager (d. 2018) January 16 A. J. Foyt, American race car driver Udo Lattek, German football coach (d. 2015) January 19 – Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor (d. 2020) January 21 – Andrew Sinclair, British novelist and biographer (d. 2019) January 25 – António Ramalho Eanes, 16th President of Portugal January 26 – Dame Paula Rego, Portuguese-born British visual artist (d. 2022) January 29 – Roger Payne, American biologist and environmentalist January 30 Richard Brautigan, American writer (d. 1984) Elsa Martinelli, Italian film actress (d. 2017) January 31 – Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate February February 3 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, African-American singer, songwriter and musician (d. 1996) February 4 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (d. 1989) February 7 – Herb Kohl, American businessman, philanthropist and politician February 11 – Gene Vincent, American guitarist and vocalist (d. 1971) February 15 – Roger B. Chaffee, American astronaut (d.