** Atlas Bank, bank in Pakistan

** TIPH-2, from 1997 ( West Bank ) – 12 out of 37 soldiers from 6 countries

** Bank Holiday, if it is a Sunday, the day moves to January 3 ( Scotland )

** Da Afghanistan Bank

** Afghanistan International Bank ( AIB )

** Kabul Bank

** Azizi Bank

** Pashtany Bank

** President of the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Ri Kwang-gon ( since April 2009 )

** The most important state owned companies are: Republica AFAP ( Pension Fund ), AFE ( Railways ), ANCAP ( Energy ), ANCO ( Mail ), Administracion Nacional de Puertos ( Ports ), ANTEL ( Telecommunications: Telephony, Mobiles ( ANCEL and Data ANTELDATA )), BHU ( Mortgage Bank ), BROU ( Bank ), BSE ( Insurance ), OSE ( Water & Sewage ), UTE ( Electricity ).

** Anti-globalization protests in Prague ( some 15, 000 protesters ) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

** African Development Bank ( AfDB ) founded.

** Jacques Attali resigns as President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

** Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery: The second largest cash robbery in U. S. history ($ 17. 3 million, mostly in small bills ) occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Wells Fargo.

** Twenty-eight nations sign an agreement creating the World Bank.

** The Bank of England is nationalized.

** In Chicago, a branch of the Exchange National Bank ( now part of the LaSalle Bank ) opens the first 10 drive-up teller windows.

** An Israeli gunman kills 7 Palestinians, leading to bloody riots in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank.

** European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ) founded.

** Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 and injuring 1, 400.

** Eugene R. Black, Sr., American banker, former president of the World Bank ( b. 1898 )

** Radio Atlas, a radio station in Montenegro

** Radio programs –

** Radio jamming

** Radio antenna moved to embedded windshield wire.

** 1 in Mogadishu, the Radio Mogadishu the Government Owned radio station, also there is private Radio who transmit Mainly on Shortwaves like Shabelle and Mustaqbal Radio owned by Mustaqbal Media corporation ( MMC )

** David C. Barker ; Rushed to Judgment: Talk Radio, Persuasion, and American Political Behavior Columbia University Press, 2002

** Stephen Earl Bennett ; " Americans ' Exposure to Political Talk Radio and Their Knowledge of Public Affairs " in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol.

** Christopher L. Gianos and C. Richard Hofstetter ; " Political Talk Radio: Actions Speak Louder Than Words ," Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.

** Ian Hutchby ; Confrontation Talk: Arguments, Asymmetries, and Power on Talk Radio Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996

** Polskie Radio Pomorza i Kujaw,

** Radio ESKA ,-which plays international hits, along with Polish music.

** Radio GRA,

** Radio Plus,

** Radio Sfera,

** Radio Maryja-a radio station that is centered around religious observances, such as mass, and prayer, in Polish.

** The Avengers ( Radio series ), a Union of South Africa radio show ca 1976 with the same characters and similar plots as the earlier TV show appearing several times a week in serialized format.

** MGM's Technicolor film version of Show Boat, starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

** Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN ( later Radio Éireann ), begins broadcasting.

** Radio station WJSV in Washington, D. C. records an entire broadcast day for preservation in the National Archives.

** Hamburg Radio announces that Hitler has died in battle, " fighting up to his last breath against Bolshevism.

** Radio Republik Indonesia starts broadcasting.

** Critic and commentator Alexander Woollcott suffers an eventually fatal heart attack during a regular broadcast of the CBS Radio roundtable program " People's Platform ".