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Historical Event(s)
– The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
– President Richard Nixon visits the People’s Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
– Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
– Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
– A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
– Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. To date this is the last manned mission to the moon.
– Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.
– A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
– Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history.
Who Were Born On ?
– Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer
– Katherine Center, contemporary American fiction author
– Dana Perino, former White House press secretary
– Dennis Lyxzén, Swedish musician
– Tanya Reid, Canadian actress
– Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
– Mark Bruener, American football player
– Hasim Rahman, American boxer
– Robert Muchamore, English children’s author
– Kerry Collins, American football player