Central Committee. Paramount Pictures Corporation becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf+Western Industries, Inc. Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn are awarded the Fermi Prize. The Congress of the United States creates the National Council for Marine Resources and Engineering Development. Martin Richards designs the programming language BCPL. The World Buddhist Sangha Council is convened by Theravadins in Sri Lanka, with the hope of bridging differences and working together. The Jerusalem Bible, a Roman Catholic translation, is published in English. Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann publish The Social Construction of Reality. Long-term potentiation (LTP), the putative cellular mechanism of learning and memory, is first observed by Terje Lømo in Oslo, Norway. In or about this year, one person returning to Haiti from the Congo is thought to have first brought HIV to the Americas. Births January January 1 – Ivica Dačić, Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Serbia 2012–2014 January 4 – Christian Kern, Austrian politician, 24th Chancellor of Austria January 6 – Sharon Cuneta, Filipino actress, host and singer January 7 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (d. 2012) January 8 Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009) Andrew Wood, American musician (d. 1990) January 13 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver January 14 Nadia Maftouni, Iranian philosopher Dan Schneider, American television producer, screenwriter and actor January 17 Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer Nobuyuki Kojima, Korean footballer January 19 Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field-hockey player Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer and media personality January 20 – Rainn Wilson, American actor, writer and producer January 22 – Jegath Gaspar Raj, Tamil Maiyam founder January 27 – Japanese–born American actress January 28 – Andrea Berg, German singer January 29 – Romário, Brazilian footballer and politician February February 1 – Michelle Akers, American footballer February 4 – María Jesús Montero, Spanish politician February 5 – José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer February 6 – Rick Astley, British pop musician February 7 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer February 8 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer February 9 – Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete February 11 – Cristina Elena Grigoraș, Romanian artistic gymnast February 13 – Neal McDonough, American actor February 17 Quorthon, Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer (d. 2004) Atle Skårdal, Norwegian alpine skier February 20 – Cindy Crawford, American model and actress February 22 – Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian February 23 Alexandre Borges, Brazilian