** Spanish Royal Governor of the Philippines

** Governor of the Faroe Islands

** Ibrahim, Governor of Eskişehir ( 1316 – 1362 ).

** Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, as part of a ' stop-Goldwater ' movement.

** Sarah Palin, American politician, former Governor of Alaska

** Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian Governor General ( b. 1922 )

** American Civil Rights Movement – Little Rock Crisis: Governor Orville Faubus of Arkansas calls out the US National Guard, to prevent African-American students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.

** Alfred Walton Hinds, 17th Naval Governor of Guam ( b. 1874 )

** Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada

** Carlton Skinner, Governor of Guam ( d. 2004 )

** Robert Stafford, Governor of Vermont, U. S Representative and U. S. Senator ( d. 2006 )

** Joshua Chamberlain, leader of the 20th Maine during the American Civil War, Governor of Maine, President of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine ( d. 1914 )

** John Milton, Governor of Florida ( b. 1807 )

** Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Poland ( b. 1900 )

** Francis William Drake, British admiral and Governor of Newfoundland ( b. 1724 )

** Pat Brown, Governor of California ( b. 1905 )

** Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing African Americans James Hood and Vivian Malone to enroll.

** John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President.

** Governor William Goebel of Kentucky dies of wounds after being shot by several assassins on January 30.

** Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland ( d. 1958 )

** Luis A. Ferre is elected Governor of Puerto Rico.

** William Michael Crose, United States Navy Commander and the seventh Naval Governor of American Samoa ( b. 1867 )

** Thomas Darden, American Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa ( b. 1900 )

** Sir Douglas Nicholls appointed 28th Governor of South Australia, the first Australian Aboriginal appointed to vice-regal office.

** Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur Herman Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.

** General Staff of the Armed Forces

** Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, the Attorney General

** Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Postmaster General ; was falsely implicated.

** The General Secretary, which is the highest-ranking official within the Party and usually the Chinese de facto paramount leader.

** The Secretariat, the principal administrative mechanism of the CPC, headed by the General Secretary of the Central Committee ;

** Office of the General Counsel

** Codex Alimentarius General Standard for Irradiated Foods ( CAC / STAN 106-1983, rev. 1 2003 )

** General Standard for the Labelling of Prepacked Foods ( CODEX STAN 1-1985 )

** United States Post Office Loop Station – General Post Office, Chicago

** General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

** Panzer General, SSI ( 1994 ), video game ; strategic simulation game: Sea Lion ' 40 and Sea Lion Plus ( the latter with prestige points used to take over Gibraltar allowing Italian naval assistance ) scenarios are available given major victories in early operations, or the Sea Lion ' 43 after initial delays and later major victories in North Africa or Russia.

** GSA Office of Civil Rights, General Services Administration

** United Kingdom Postmaster General

** United States Postmaster General

** General transcription factor binding sites, e. g. TATA box

** General relativity, Albert Einstein's theory of gravitation

** General linear model

** 16 32-bit General purpose registers ( R0-R15 )

** General Motors introduces the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser and the Buick Sport Wagon.

** The Bolivian government of President Víctor Paz Estenssoro is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General Alfredo Ovando Candía, commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

** Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General ( d. 2007 )

** Russian General Brusilov begins a major offensive in Galicia, initially advancing towards Lemberg.

** John Beradino, American baseball player and actor ( General Hospital ) ( d. 1996 )

** Yemeni parliamentary election, 1993: The General People's Congress wins a plurality of 121 seats.

** The Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) talks reach a successful conclusion after 7 years.