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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
– During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong River into South Vietnam.
– The Lubbock Tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.
– The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
– The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acre.
– A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
– The Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
– U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
– In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
– The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.
Who Were Born On ?
– Matt Ross, American actor
– Keith Coogan, American actor
– Sung Hi Lee, Korean-born model
– Walt Williams, American basketball player
– Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer
– Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress
– Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
– Gam Wu-seong, South Korean actor
– Dean Kiely, Irish footballer
– Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor